freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Self-referential sequence

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Self-referential sequence

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function selfReferential(n) {
  var descending,
    i,
    incr,
    j,
    max_i,
    max_len,
    max_seq,
    seq,
    sequence,
    indexOf =
      [].indexOf ||
      function(item) {
        for (var i = 0, l = this.length; i < l; i++) {
          if (i in this && this[i] === item) return i;
        }
        return -1;
      };

  sequence = function(n) {
    var c, cnt, cnts, d, digit, i, j, l, len, new_cnts, ref, s, seq;
    cnts = {};
    ref = n.toString();
    for (j = 0, len = ref.length; j < len; j++) {
      c = ref[j];
      d = parseInt(c);
      incr(cnts, d);
    }
    seq = [ref];
    while (true) {
      s = '';
      for (i = l = 9; l >= 0; i = --l) {
        if (cnts[i]) {
          s += '' + cnts[i] + i;
        }
      }
      if (indexOf.call(seq, s) >= 0) {
        break;
      }
      seq.push(s);
      new_cnts = {};
      for (digit in cnts) {
        cnt = cnts[digit];
        incr(new_cnts, cnt);
        incr(new_cnts, digit);
      }
      cnts = new_cnts;
    }
    return seq;
  };

  incr = function(h, k) {
    if (h[k] == null) {
      h[k] = 0;
    }
    return (h[k] += 1);
  };

  descending = function(n) {
    var tens;
    if (n < 10) {
      return true;
    }
    tens = n / 10;
    if (n % 10 > tens % 10) {
      return false;
    }
    return descending(tens);
  };

  return sequence(n);
}