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Distinct Substring

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A binary string is a string consisting of $0$ and $1$. We define an *island* as a [substring](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substring) consisting of all $0$s bounded by $1$s (or the ends of the string). For example, in the string $100010000$, there are $2$ islands; $000$ (bounded by $1$s) and $0000$ (bounded by $1$ and end of string). Note that the substring $00$ in the above string is not an is

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