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repeatedDNASequences via. CodeFights
All DNA is composed of a series of nucleotides abbreviated as A, C, G, and T. In research, it can be useful to identify repeated sequences within DNA.
Write a function to find all the 10-letter sequences (substrings) that occur more than once in a DNA molecule s, and return them in lexicographical order. These sequences can overlap.
Example
For s = "AAAAACCCCCAAAAACCCCCCAAAAAGGGTTT", the output should be
repeatedDNASequences(s) = ["AAAAACCCCC", "CCCCCAAAAA"].
Input/Output
[time limit] 4000ms (js)
[input] string s
Guaranteed constraints:
0 ≤ s.length ≤ 5000.
[output] array.string
An array containing all of the potential 10-letter sequences that occur more than once in s.
function repeatedDNASequences(s) {
// All 10 letter sequences
var myHash = {}
var repeatedSequences = []
for (var i = 0; i < (s.length - 9); i ++) {
var thisSubString = s.slice(i, i + 10)
if (!myHash.hasOwnProperty(thisSubString)) {
myHash[thisSubString] = 1
} else if (!repeatedSequences.includes(thisSubString)) {
// Didn't actually need this line below
// myHash[thisSubString]++
repeatedSequences.push(thisSubString)
}
}
console.log(repeatedSequences)
return repeatedSequences.sort()
}
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