Minimum Moves to Convert String

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class Solution:
    def minimumMoves(self, s: str) -> int:
        # Initialize a count for the minimum moves
        moves = 0

        # Iterate through the string
        i = 0
        while i < len(s):
            # If an 'X' is found, make a move and skip the next two characters
            if s[i] == 'X':
                moves += 1
                i += 3
            else:
                i += 1

        # Return the count of moves
        return moves