vocabulary

gistfile1.txt

function translate(speech: string, vocabulary: string[]): string {
  const candidates = speech.matchAll(/[\*|\w]+/g);
  for (let c of candidates) {
    
  }
  const sortedByAsteriskAmmount = [...candidates].sort((p,n) => {
    const pAstr = [...p[0].matchAll(/\*/g)].length;
    const nAstr = [...n[0].matchAll(/\*/g)].length;
    return pAstr === nAstr ? 0 : (pAstr > nAstr ? 1 : -1)
  })

  console.log(sortedByAsteriskAmmount);
  return ''
}

translate("ac*? *c*. **e, abcd***", ["ace","acd","abd","abcdabc"])

https://www.codewars.com/kata/615b636c3f8bcf0038ae8e8b/train/typescript