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Karel the Robot is given a string $$$S$$$ and $$$Q$$$ queries. The $$$i$$$th query consists of integers $$$L_i$$$ and $$$R_i$$$, with $$$1≤L_i≤R_i≤|S|$$$. Help Karel find the number of substrings of the same character in $$$S[L_i,R_i]$$$. For example, $$$aa$$$ contains one substring of the same character, $$$aba$$$ contains three, and $$$abbcccddaa$$$ contains five.
Line 1: One string, $$$S$$$.
Line 2: One integer, $$$Q$$$.
Lines 3…$$$Q+2$$$: Line $$$i+2$$$ contains integers $$$L_i$$$ and $$$R_i$$$, separated by a space.
Lines 1…$$$Q$$$: Line $$$i$$$ contains the answer to the $$$i$$$th query, more specifically the number of substrings of the same character in $$$S[L_i,R_i]$$$.
aabcccab 8 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 8 2 4 4 6
1 1 2 3 3 5 3 1
$$$1≤S≤10^5$$$
$$$1≤Q≤10^5$$$
One-indexing is used in this problem. For example, if $$$S$$$=$$$aabcccab$$$, then $$$S[3,6]$$$=$$$bccc$$$, not $$$ccca$$$.
The substrings that the inputs correspond to are $$$a$$$,$$$aa$$$,$$$aab$$$,$$$aabc$$$,$$$aabcc$$$,$$$aabcccab$$$,$$$abc$$$, and $$$ccc$$$, respectively. For instance, the answer to the $$$5$$$th query is 3 because $$$aabcc$$$ contains three substrings of the same character: $$$aa$$$, $$$b$$$, and $$$cc$$$.
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