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Daily JavaScript Challenge #JS-84: Find the First Repeated Character in a String

Daily JavaScript Challenge: Find the First Repeated Character 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: String Manipulation

Description

Given a string, find and return the first character that repeats. If there is no such character, return null.

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  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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pengeszikra profile image
Peter Vivo • Edited
"owqiqroiqwhfuiffeuuuueqwyuyewquy"
  .split('')
  .find(
    (c,i,list) => c === list[i+1]
  )
;

/** @type {(str:string) => string | undefined} */
const firstRepeat = str => str
  .split('')
  .find(
   (chr ,idx , list) => chr === list[idx + 1]
  )
;
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ThatGuyJK🕵🏾‍

Your code for the first snippet returns 'f' when it should return 'q'

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pengeszikra profile image
Peter Vivo
"feqnjoiwqejjif".split('').find((c,i,arr) => arr.indexOf(c)<i)

/** @type {(str:string) => string | undefined} */
const firstRepeat = str => str
  .split('')
  .find(
   (chr ,idx , list) => list.indexOf(chr) < idx)
  )
;
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pengeszikra profile image
Peter Vivo

you right, may I misunerstund the request and write a first repeated char not second occurance.

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Krystian Ogonowski

The login page has poor UX btw, the form doesn't show any errors if they are made.

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