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String Decompression

You are given a compressed string where each number indicates how many times the character immediately preceding it should repeat. For example, 'a2b3' would expand to 'aabbb'. Write a function to decompress such a string recursively. Input Format: - A single compressed string containing characters followed by their respective counts (e.g., 'a2b3'). Output Format: - Print the decompressed string. Example: Input: 'a3b2' Output: aaaab

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recursionstring processing

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