Top 10 Algorithms to Improve your JavaScript Skills
Top 10 Algorithms to Improve your JavaScript Skills
Robin Dev

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1. Find the missing number in the array

Input: [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Output: 5

const find_missing = function(input) {
  let n = input.length + 1;
  let sum = 0;
  for (let i in input) {
    sum += input[i];
  }
 return Math.floor((n * (n + 1)) / 2) - sum;
};

2. Inverting integers

Input: num = 123
Output: 321
Input: num = -123
Output: -321

const reverse = function(num) {
    let result = 0;
    while (num !== 0) {
      result = result * 10 + num % 10;
      // Math.trunc() method will remove the fractional part of
 the number and keep only the integer part  
      num = Math.trunc(num / 10);
    }
  if (result > 2**31 || result < -(2**31)) return 0;
    return result;
};

3.Array alignment

Input: [1,2,3]
Output: [[1,2,3],[1,3,2],[2,1,3],[2,3,1],[3,1,2],[3,2,1]]

const permute = function(nums) {
    let results = [];let go = (current) => {
      if (current.length === nums.length){
        results.push(current);
        return;
      }
      nums.forEach(n => {
        if (!current.includes(n)){
          go([...current, n]);
        }
      });
    }
    go([]);
    return results;
};

4.Alignment in strings

Input: s1 = “ab”, s2 = “eidbao”
Output: true
Input: s1 = “aa”, s2 = “eidbao”
Output: false

const checkPermutation = function(s1, s2) {
  const len1 = s1.length, len2 = s2.length;
  if (len1 > len2) return false;
  const count = Array(26).fill(0);
  for (let i = 0; i < len1; i++) {
      count[s1.charCodeAt(i)-97]++;
      count[s2.charCodeAt(i)-97]--;
  }
  if (!count.some(e => e !== 0)) return true;
  for (let i = len1; i < len2; i++) {
      count[s2.charCodeAt(i)-97]--;
      count[s2.charCodeAt(i-len1)-97]++;
      if (!count.some(e => e !== 0)) return true;
  }
  return false;
};

5.Longest valid brackets

Input: “(()”
Output: 2
Input: “)()())”
Output: 4

const longestValidParentheses = function(S) {
  let stack = [-1];
  let ans = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < S.length; i++)
    if (S[i] === '(') stack.push(i)
    else if (stack.length === 1) stack[0] = i
    else stack.pop();
    ans = Math.max(ans, i - stack[stack.length-1])
  return ans
};

6.4Sum

const fourSum = function(nums, target) {
  let result = [];
  let length = nums.length;
  if (length < 4) return result; 
  nums = nums.sort((a, b) => a - b );
  for (let i = 0; i < length - 3; i++) {
    if (nums[i] === nums[i - 1]) continue;
    for (let j = i + 1; j < length - 2; j++) {
      if (j > i + 1 && nums[j] === nums[j - 1]) continue;
      let k = j + 1;
      let l = length - 1;while (k < l) {
        const sum = nums[i] + nums[j] + nums[k] + nums[l];
        if (sum === target) {
          result.push([nums[i], nums[j], nums[k], nums[l]])
        }if (sum <= target) {
          k += 1;
          while (nums[k] === nums[k - 1]) {
            k += 1;
          }
        }if (sum >= target) {
          l -= 1;
          while (nums[l] === nums[l + 1]) {
            l -= 1;
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }return result;
};

7.String multiplication

Input: num1 = “2”, num2 = “3”
Output: “6”

const multiply = function(num1, num2) {
 if (num1 == 0 || num2 == 0) return ‘0’;
 const result = [];
 for (let a = num1.length — 1; a >= 0; a — ) {
   for (let b = num2.length — 1; b >= 0; b — ) {
   const p1 = a + b;
   const p2 = a + b + 1;
   const sum = (result[p2] ?? 0) + num1[a] * num2[b];
   result[p1] = (result[p1] ?? 0) + Math.floor(sum / 10);
   result[p2] = sum % 10;
  }
 }
 result[0] == 0 && result.shift();
 return result.join(‘’);
};

8.Shortest Reply

Input: s = “aacecaaa”
Output: “aaacecaaa”
Input: s = “abcd”
Output: “dcbabcd”

const shortestPalindrome = function(s) {
  let index = 0;
  for (let i = s.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    if (s[i] === s[index]) index++;
  }
  if (index === s.length) return s;
  let remainingRev = s.substring(index, s.length);
  console.log(remainingRev);
  remainingRev = reverse(remainingRev);
  return remainingRev + shortestPalindrome(s.substring(0, index)) + s.substring(index);
};
function reverse(string) {
  let myString = '';
  for (let i = string.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    myString = myString + string[i];
  }
  return myString;
};

9.Integers to English words

Input: num = 123
Output: “One Hundred Twenty Three”
Input: num = 1234567
Output: “One Million Two Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Seven”

const numberToWords = function (num) {
  let result = toHundreds(num % 1000);
  const bigNumbers = ["Thousand", "Million", "Billion"];
  for (let i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
    num = Math.trunc(num / 1000);
    result =
      num % 1000 !== 0
        ? [toHundreds(num % 1000), bigNumbers[i],
result]
.filter(Boolean).join(" ")
        : result;
  }
  return result.length === 0 ? "Zero" : result;
};
function toHundreds(num) {
  const numbers = [
    "",
    "One",
    "Two",
    "Three",
    "Fourteen",
    "Fifteen",
    "Sixteen",
    "Seventeen",
    "Eighteen",
    "Nineteen",
  ];
  const tens = [
    "",
    "",
    "Twenty",
    "Thirty",
    "Forty",
    "Fifty",
    "Sixty",
    "Seventy",
    "Eighty",
    "Ninety",
  ];
  const result = Array(3).fill("");
  let a = Math.trunc(num / 100),
    b = num % 100,
    c = num % 10;
  result[0] = a > 0 && `${numbers[a]} Hundred`;
  result[1] = b < 20 ? numbers[b] : tens[Math.trunc(b / 10)];
  result[2] = b >= 20 && `${numbers[c]}`;
  return result.filter(Boolean).join(" ");
}

10.Ransom note

Input: ransomNote = “aa”, magazine = “ab”
Output: false
Input: ransomNote = “aa”, magazine = “aab”
Output: true

const canConstruct = function(ransomNote, magazine) {
 if (ransomNote.length > magazine.length) return false;
 let magMap = new Map();
 for(let char of magazine) {
 magMap.set(char, (magMap.get(char) || 0 ) + 1);
 }
 for(let note of ransomNote) {
 let counter = magMap.get(note);
 if (!counter) return false;
 magMap.set(note, — counter);
 }
 return true;
};

Robin Dev

Robin Dev

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