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#551 - Student Attendance Record I

Problem Description

You are given a string s representing an attendance record for a student where each character signifies whether the student was absent, late, or present on that day. The record only contains the following three characters:

  • 'A': Absent.
  • 'L': Late.
  • 'P': Present.

The student is eligible for an attendance award if they meet both of the following criteria:

  • The student was absent ('A') for strictly fewer than 2 days total.
  • The student was never late ('L') for 3 or more consecutive days.

Return true if the student is eligible for an attendance award, or false otherwise.

Solution

/**
 * @param {string} s
 * @return {boolean}
 */
var checkRecord = function(s) {
  return !s.includes('LLL') && (s.indexOf('A') === s.lastIndexOf('A'));
};