Longest palindrome in a string
You have it backwards - if you output the "odd" palindromes (with your fix) you'll find they're actually even-length.
Imagine "noon", starting at the first "o" (left and right). That matches, then you move them both - now you're comparing the first "n" to the second "o". No good. But with the fix, you start out comparing both "o"s, and then move to both "n"s.
Example (with the var oddPal = centeredPalindrome(i-1, i); fix):
var longestPalindrome = function(string) {
var length = string.length;
var result = "";
var centeredPalindrome = function(left, right) {
while (left >= 0 && right < length && string[left] === string[right]) {
//expand in each direction.
left--;
right++;
}
return string.slice(left + 1, right);
};
for (var i = 0; i < length - 1; i++) {
var oddPal = centeredPalindrome(i, i + 1);
var evenPal = centeredPalindrome(i, i);
if (oddPal.length > 1)
console.log("oddPal: " + oddPal);
if (evenPal.length > 1)
console.log("evenPal: " + evenPal);
if (oddPal.length > result.length)
result = oddPal;
if (evenPal.length > result.length)
result = evenPal;
}
return "the palindrome is: " + result + " and its length is: " + result.length;
};
console.log(
longestPalindrome("nan noon is redder")
);