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An interview exercise #1

An exercise from Amadeus interview /* Input: number 2543 Output: index of the digit that is needed to remove to get the maximum number from the original number [0]2: 543 -> It is a maximum, so answer is 0 [1]5: 243 [2]4: 253 [3]3: 254 */ function findIndexToGetMax (n) { if (n < 10 ) return null ; let digits = n. toString (). split ( '' ). map (d => parseInt (d)); let current_n = digits[ 0 ]; let pos_n = 0 ; for ( let i = 1 ; i < digits.length; i++) { if (current_n < digits[i]) { return pos_n; } else { current_n = digits[i]; pos_n = i; } } return pos_n; } let tests = { 2526 : 0 , 9526 : 2 , 19 : 0 , 10 : 1 , 12345 : 0 , 54321 : 4 } ; let expected_n; let testedValue_n; for ( let key_s in tests) { if (!tests. hasOwnProperty (key_s)) continue ; expected_n = tests[key_s]; testedValue_n = findIndexToGetMax ( parseInt (key_s)); if (testedValue_n != expected_n) { console. log ( ...