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Count Beautiful Splits in an Array

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  1. 01Define the two split indices.
  2. 02Precompute longest common prefixes between suffixes.
  3. 03Check the required prefix relationship in O(1).
  4. 04Enumerate valid split pairs.
  5. 05Guard segment lengths and boundaries.

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