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Subject UnicodeLevel Senior–Staff~30 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this JavaScript that enforces a 10-'character' limit and reverses a string.

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Code to reviewjavascript

1function validate(s) {2  if (s.length > 10) throw new Error('too long');3  return s;4}5 6function reverse(s) {7  return s.split('').reverse().join('');8}9 10// validate("\uD83D\uDE00 hi");  reverse("a\uD83D\uDE00b");

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