Write a function named hasMirrorTwice
that accepts two arrays of integers a1
and a2
as parameters and returns true
if a1
contains all the elements of a2
in reverse order at least twice (and false
otherwise).
For example, if a2
stores the elements [1, 2, 3]
and a1
stores the elements [6, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 5]
, your function would return true
.
Assume that both arrays passed to your function will have a length of at least 1 and contain no null elements.
This means that the shortest possible mirror will be of length 1, representing a single element (which is its own mirror).
A sequence that is a palindrome (the same forwards as backwards) is considered its own mirror and should be included in your computations.
For example, if a1
is [6, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 5]
and a2
is [1, 2, 1]
, your function should return true
.
The two occurrences of the mirror might overlap, as shown in the fourth sample call below.
The following table shows some calls to your function and their expected results:
Arrays |
Returned Value |
let a1 = [6, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 5]; let a2 = [1, 2] |
hasMirrorTwice(a1, a2) returns true |
let a3 = [5, 8, 4, 18, 5, 42, 4, 8, 5, 5]; let a4 = [4, 8, 5] |
hasMirrorTwice(a3, a4) returns false |
let a5 = [6, 3, 42, 18, 12, 5, 3, 42, 3, 42]; let a6 = [42, 3] |
hasMirrorTwice(a5, a6) returns true |
let a7 = [6, 1, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 4, 2, 1, 5]; let a8 = [1, 2, 4, 2, 1] |
hasMirrorTwice(a7, a8) returns true |
let a9 = [0, 0]; let aa = [0] |
hasMirrorTwice(a9, aa) returns true |
let ab = [8, 9, 2, 1]; let ac = [5, 7, 1, 2, 9, 8] |
hasMirrorTwice(ab, ac) returns false |
Do not modify the contents of the arrays passed to your function as parameters.