Daily Challenge: Word Guesser

JavaScript
1

Based on the instructions for today’s Daily Challenge, it seems like the expected result for Test #4:

console.log(compare("JAVASCRIPT", "TYPESCRIPT"));

should be “1010222200”, not “0000222222”.

Am I missing something here? All of the other tests pass as expected.

2

This seems to be covered by the instructions:

  • Each letter in the secret word can be used at most once.
  • Exact matches ("2") are assigned first, then partial matches ("1") are assigned from left to right for remaining letters.
  • If a letter occurs multiple times in the guess, it can only match as many times as it appears in the secret word.

Could you explain your reasoning?

3

Here’s my reasoning, working from left to right as explained in the instructions:

// t is in javascript but it’s not in the right place : 1
// y is not in javascript: 0
// p is in javascript but it’s not in the right place: 1
// e is not in javascript: 0
// s is in javascript and it’s in the right place: 2
// c is in javascript and it’s in the right place: 2
// r is in javascript and it’s in the right place: 2
// i is in javascript and it’s in the right place: 2
// p is in javascript but the one p in that word has already been used: 0
// t is in javascript but the one t in that word has already been used: 0

4

try again but following " Exact matches ("2" ) are assigned first,"

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5

Thanks. It looks like that’s what I was missing.