Duplicate Encoder

Function Name: encodeDuplicates

Description

Write a function named 'encodeDuplicates' that takes a single string as its parameter.

The function will transform the string into a new string where each lowercase character is replaced with '(' if that character appears only once in the original string, or with ')' if that character appears more than once in the original string.

Ignore capitalization when determining if a character is a duplicate.

The function should return the newly encoded string.

Requirements

• The function must account for capitalization, but duplicates are considered regardless of case.
• Input string will only contain alphabets and no spaces or special characters.
• Function should be case-insensitive when determining duplicates but should maintain the original casing in the returned string.
• Performance should be considered for strings up to a length of 10,000 characters.

Examples

If the function is passed 'Success', it should return ')())())' because 's' appears more than once, hence encoded as ')', and all other characters are unique in different cases and are encoded as '('.If the function is passed 'Hello World', it should return '((()())())' despite ignoring the space character and being case-insensitive.

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