<p>You are given a license key represented as a string <code>s</code> that consists of only alphanumeric characters and dashes. The string is separated into <code>n + 1</code> groups by <code>n</code> dashes. You are also given an integer <code>k</code>.</p>

<p>We want to reformat the string <code>s</code> such that each group contains exactly <code>k</code> characters, except for the first group, which could be shorter than <code>k</code> but still must contain at least one character. Furthermore, there must be a dash inserted between two groups, and you should convert all lowercase letters to uppercase.</p>

<p>Return <em>the reformatted license key</em>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> s = &quot;5F3Z-2e-9-w&quot;, k = 4
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;5F3Z-2E9W&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> The string s has been split into two parts, each part has 4 characters.
Note that the two extra dashes are not needed and can be removed.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> s = &quot;2-5g-3-J&quot;, k = 2
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;2-5G-3J&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> The string s has been split into three parts, each part has 2 characters except the first part as it could be shorter as mentioned above.
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= s.length &lt;= 10<sup>5</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>s</code> consists of English letters, digits, and dashes <code>&#39;-&#39;</code>.</li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= k &lt;= 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
</ul>

class Solution:
    def licenseKeyFormatting(self, s: str, k: int) -> str:
        nodashes = [letter for letter in s if letter!='-']
        reformatted = []
        index = len(nodashes) - 1
        inserted = 0
        while index >=0:
            if inserted == k:
                reformatted.append('-')
                inserted =0
            
            inserted+=1
            reformatted.append(nodashes[index])
            index-=1
        return ''.join(reformatted[::-1]).upper()
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