<p>Given a string containing digits from <code>2-9</code> inclusive, return all possible letter combinations that the number could represent. Return the answer in <strong>any order</strong>.</p>

<p>A mapping of digits to letters (just like on the telephone buttons) is given below. Note that 1 does not map to any letters.</p>
<img alt="" src="https://assets.leetcode.com/uploads/2022/03/15/1200px-telephone-keypad2svg.png" style="width: 300px; height: 243px;" />
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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> digits = &quot;23&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> [&quot;ad&quot;,&quot;ae&quot;,&quot;af&quot;,&quot;bd&quot;,&quot;be&quot;,&quot;bf&quot;,&quot;cd&quot;,&quot;ce&quot;,&quot;cf&quot;]
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> digits = &quot;&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> []
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<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> digits = &quot;2&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> [&quot;a&quot;,&quot;b&quot;,&quot;c&quot;]
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>0 &lt;= digits.length &lt;= 4</code></li>
	<li><code>digits[i]</code> is a digit in the range <code>[&#39;2&#39;, &#39;9&#39;]</code>.</li>
</ul>

class Solution:
    def letterCombinations(self, digits: str) -> List[str]:
        if len(digits) == 0:
            return []

        keypad = {
            '2': 'abc',
            '3': 'def', 
            '4': 'ghi',
            '5': 'jkl',
            '6': 'mno',
            '7': 'pqrs',
            '8': 'tuv',
            '9': 'wxyz'
        }
        results = []

        def backtrack(curr_str="", i=0):
            if i == len(digits):
                results.append(curr_str)
                return
            
            for ch in keypad[digits[i]]:
                backtrack(curr_str[:(i+1)] + ch, i+1)

        backtrack()
        return results

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