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How to remove a pair of same adjacent characters from string in JavaScript

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function removeAdjacentPair(s) {
    for (let i = 0; i < s.length - 1; i++) {
         if (s[i] == s[i + 1]) {
             s = s.slice(0, i) + s.slice(i + 2);
             if (i !== 0) i--;
         }
    }
    return s;
}


let s = "aabcccdeeffffgac";

s = removeAdjacentPair(s);

console.log(s)
 


 
/*
run:
 
bcdgac

*/

 



answered Jun 20, 2020 by avibootz
edited Nov 25, 2024 by avibootz
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