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link: https://leetcode.com/problems/generate-a-string-with-characters-that-have-odd-counts/
tags: string, easy
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# 1374. Generate a String With Characters That Have Odd Counts

## Question
Given an integer `n`, *return a string with `n` characters such that each character in such string occurs **an odd number of times***.

The returned string must contain only lowercase English letters. If there are multiples valid strings, return **any** of them.

**Example 1:**

Input: n = 4
Output: "pppz"
Explanation: "pppz" is a valid string since the character 'p' occurs three times and the character 'z' occurs once. Note that there are many other valid strings such as "ohhh" and "love".

**Example 2:**

Input: n = 2
Output: "xy"
Explanation: "xy" is a valid string since the characters 'x' and 'y' occur once. Note that there are many other valid strings such as "ag" and "ur".

**Example 3:**

Input: n = 7
Output: "holasss"

**Constraints:**

- `1 <= n <= 500`

## Solution: Python

class Solution(object):
    def generateTheString(self, n):
        """
        :type n: int
        :rtype: str
        """
        result = 'a' * (n - 1 if n % 2 == 0 else n)
        result += 'b' * (1 if n % 2 == 0 else 0)
        
        return result

## Solution: Java