Problem · String

Phone Keypad Letter Combinations

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Problem statement

Given a string digits, return every letter combination that the digits could represent on a conventional telephone keypad.

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Example 1

digits = "23"return = ["ad","ae","af","bd","be","bf","cd","ce","cf"]

Choose one of abc for the first position and one of def for the second, following left-to-right depth-first order.

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