remove duplicate characters

word.rb

class Word
  attr_reader :count, :word
  def initialize(word)
    @word = word
    @count = word.length
  end
    
  def simplified
    count.times do
      match = word.match(/(\w)\1+/)
      @word = word.gsub(match[0], match[1]) if match
    end
    @word
  end
end