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Find The Parity Outlier (6 kyu)
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// Find The Parity Outlier (6 kyu)
// https://www.codewars.com/kata/5526fc09a1bbd946250002dc/
// Description:
// You are given an array (which will have a length of at least 3, but could be very large) containing integers. The array is either entirely comprised of odd integers or entirely comprised of even integers except for a single integer N. Write a method that takes the array as an argument and returns this "outlier" N.
// Examples
// [2, 4, 0, 100, 4, 11, 2602, 36]
// Should return: 11 (the only odd number)
// [160, 3, 1719, 19, 11, 13, -21]
// Should return: 160 (the only even number)
// My Solution:
function findOutlier(integers) {
let newArr = integers
integers = integers.map(x => Math.abs(x))
if (integers[0] % 2 === 0) {
if (integers[1] % 2 === 0) {
for (let i = 2; i <= integers.length - 1; i++) {
if (integers[i] % 2 !== 0) {
return newArr[i]
}
}
}
else {
if (integers[2] % 2 === 0) {
return newArr[1]
}
else {
return newArr[0]
}
}
}
else {
if (integers[1] % 2 === 1) {
for (let i = 2; i <= integers.length - 1; i++) {
if (integers[i] % 2 !== 1) {
return newArr[i]
}
}
}
else {
if (integers[2] % 2 === 1) {
return newArr[1]
}
else {
return newArr[0]
}
}
}
}
// Better Solution:
// function findOutlier(integers) {
// let even = integers.filter(a => a % 2 === 0)
// let odd = integers.filter(a => a % 2 !== 0)
// if (even.length === 1) {
// return even[0]
// }
// else {
// return odd[0]
// }
// }