18 - Letter Count I.js

Author: Ajit24

18 - Letter Count I.js

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+function LetterCountI (str) {
+    var words = str.split(' ');
+    var largestDif = 0;
+    var answer;
+  
+    for (var i = 0; i < words.length; i++) {
+      var currentWord = words[i];
+      var currentWordLength = words[i].length;
+      var currentWordSorted = words[i].split('').sort();
+      for (var j = 0; j < (words[i].length - 1); j++) {
+        if (currentWordSorted[j] === currentWordSorted[j + 1]) {
+          currentWordSorted.splice(j, 1);
+        }
+        var currentDif = (currentWordLength - currentWordSorted.length);
+        if (currentDif > largestDif) {
+          largestDif = currentDif;
+          answer = currentWord;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  
+    if (largestDif > 0) {
+      return answer;
+    }
+    return -1;
+  }