edaBit-coding-challenges/Is-Edabit-in-the-String/README.md

Is Edabit in the String?

by Matt tags: strings, validation

Summary

A string contains the word "edabit" if a subsequence of its characters spell "edabit". Write a function that accepts a string and returns “YES” if the string contains a subsequence of the word edabit or "NO" if it does not. Examples edabitInString(“eddaaabt”) ➞ “NO” edabitInString(“edwardisabletodoit”) ➞ “YES” edabitInString(“abecdfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz”) ➞

Instructions

A string contains the word "edabit" if a subsequence of its characters spell "edabit".

Write a function that accepts a string and returns “YES” if the string contains a subsequence of the word edabit or "NO" if it does not.

Examples

edabitInString(“eddaaabt”) ➞ “NO”

edabitInString(“edwardisabletodoit”) ➞ “YES”

edabitInString(“abecdfghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz”) ➞ “NO”

Notes

Check the Resources tab for more details on subsequence.