Daily JavaScript Challenge: Remove Consecutive Duplicates in a String
Hey fellow developers! 👋 Welcome to today's JavaScript coding challenge. Let's keep those programming skills sharp!
The Challenge
Difficulty: Medium
Topic: String Manipulation
Description
Write a function that takes a string as input and returns a new string with all consecutive duplicate characters removed. The order of the characters should be preserved except for consecutive duplicates, which should be reduced to a single character.
Ready to Begin?
- Fork this challenge
- Write your solution
- Test it against the provided test cases
- 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/String
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- Did you find any interesting edge cases?
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