Code reviewMediumcr-g334

Subject UnicodeLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this JavaScript that enforces a 280-'character' post limit, hard-caps the text, and reports how many characters remain.

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1const MAX = 280;2 3function enforceLimit(text) {4  if (text.length > MAX) {5    text = text.slice(0, MAX);   // hard cap to fit6  }7  return {8    text,9    remaining: MAX - text.length,10    overLimit: text.length > MAX,11  };12}13 14// enforceLimit('\uD83D\uDE00'.repeat(200))

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