Daily JavaScript Challenge #JS-133: Count Unique Characters in a String

Daily JavaScript Challenge: Count Unique Characters in a String

Hey fellow developers! 👋 Welcome to today's JavaScript coding challenge. Let's keep those programming skills sharp!

The Challenge

Difficulty: Easy

Topic: Strings

Description

Create a function that counts the number of unique characters in a given string. The function should be case-sensitive, meaning that 'a' and 'A' are considered different characters.

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1. Fork this challenge
2. Write your solution
3. Test it against the provided test cases
4. Share your approach in the comments below!

Want to Learn More?

Check out the documentation about this topic here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Set

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Comments

[James Curran]

In C#: (Since C# lets you treat a string like an array of characters, this becomes trivial)

    void Main()
    {
        string text = "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";

        CountCharacters(text).Dump();
    }

    int CountCharacters(string text) 
                              => text.Distinct().Count();