solve: Week 03 valid palindrome

Author: eunice-hong

valid-palindrome/eunice-hong.ts

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+function isPalindrome(s: string): boolean {
+  // 1. filter out non-alphanumeric characters
+  const validChars =
+    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnlopqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
+
+  // 2. compare the first and last characters
+  let i = 0;
+  let j = s.length - 1;
+
+  while (i < j) {
+    const head = s[i];
+    const tail = s[j];
+
+    if (!validChars.includes(head)) {
+      // 3. if the characters are not alphanumeric, move the pointer inward
+      i++;
+    } else if (!validChars.includes(tail)) {
+      // 3. if the characters are not alphanumeric, move the pointer inward
+      j--;
+    } else if (head.toLowerCase() !== tail.toLowerCase()) {
+      // 4. if the characters are not the same, return false
+      return false;
+    } else {
+      // 5. if the characters are the same, move the pointers inward
+      i++;
+      j--;
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}