Cassidy Williams - question of the week 2021-04-04

equalWithDeletions.js

const equalWithDeletions = (strOne, strTwo) => {
  console.log('Result: ', cleanStr(strOne) === cleanStr(strTwo));
};

const cleanStr = (str) => {
  let text = str;
  while (text.includes('#') || text.includes('%')) {
    const hash = text.indexOf('#');
    const amp = text.lastIndexOf('%');
    if (hash >= 0 && ((amp >= 0 && hash < amp) || amp < 0)) {
      text = text.replace(/.?#/, '');
    } else {
      text = text.substring(0, amp) + text.substring(amp + 2);
    }
  }
  console.log(`"${str}" became: "${text}"`);
  return text;
}

console.log('Example 1:');
equalWithDeletions("a##x", "#a#x");
console.log('\nExample 2:');
equalWithDeletions("fi##f%%%th %%year #time###", "fifth year time");