How to remove duplicates only if consecutive in a string? [duplicate]

by 
import re

# Only repeated numbers
answer = re.sub(r'(\d)\1+', r'\1', '12233322155552')

# Any repeated character
answer = re.sub(r'(.)\1+', r'\1', '12233322155552')

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