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Discussion on: Daily Challenge #259 - Duplicate Encoder

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JP Antunes

A simple (and somewhat slow) JS solution:

const encodeDuplicate = str => {
    //make a frequency map
    const freqMap = [...str.toLowerCase()].reduce((acc, val) => {
        acc[val] = acc[val] + 1 || 1;
        return acc;
    }, {});
    //return the mapped str 
    return [...str.toLowerCase()]
            .map(e => freqMap[e] == 1 ? '(' : ')')
            .join('');
}
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Mike Talbot ⭐

Not that slow :) Better than anything that searched/scanned or did an indexOf for sure! You know I like that || 1 as well, I always do (acc[val] || 0) + 1 - but that is much neater. Borrowing that.

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Nam Hoang Le

Same to me || 0