[Community Puzzle] Duo combinations

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Created by @Harshit_Gupta,validated by @_O-MEGA,@Saphir123 and @CodyJisll.
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Note: In case you just receive a single character, just use the same character instead of empty output.

This note sounds like it’s about the case where total == 1, but then in Constraints it says:

1 < total count of symbols (per testcase) < 10

So what is this note about?

I just looked at my solution. I don’t remember how I was thinking. It seems I just ignored the author’s explanations. What needs to be achieved is pretty obvious from the test cases.

When I first reviewed the puzzle (almost 2 years ago), I suggested to delete that note you asked about, and this was the author’s reply:

Yes, I know there’s no case of just a single bit in inputs. It was just added to clarify the problem expectation in such a case, but yes it is redundant and can be removed.

I think the note is more confusing than clarifying.

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