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Finding unlike number in an array - JavaScript
We are required to write a JavaScript function that takes in an array of literals containing all similar elements but one. Our function should return the unlike number.
Example
Following is the code −
const arr = [2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4]; // considering that the length of array is atleast 3 const findUnlike = arr => { for(let i = 1; i < arr.length-1; i++){ if(arr[i] - arr[i-1] !== 0 && arr[i]-arr[i+1] === 0){ return arr[i-1]; }else if(arr[i] - arr[i-1] !== 0 && arr[i]-arr[i+1] === 0){ return arr[i] }else if(arr[i] - arr[i-1] === 0 && arr[i]-arr[i+1] !== 0){ return arr[i+1]; }; continue; }; };
Output
Following is the output in the console −
2
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