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first unique character in a string javascript

var firstUniqChar = function(s) {

    for(let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
       if( s.indexOf( s.substring(i, i + 1) ) === s.lastIndexOf( s.substring(i, i + 1) ) ) {
           return i
       }
   }

   return -1

};

first unique character in a string javascript

var firstUniqChar = function(s) {

    const letterCounter = {}

  for(const letter of s) {
    if(letterCounter[letter]) letterCounter[letter]++
    else letterCounter[letter] = 1
  }

  for( let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
    const stringLetter = s[i]

    if (letterCounter[stringLetter] === 1) {
        return i
    }
  }

  return -1

};

first unique character in a string javascript

var firstUniqChar = function(s) {

   for( let i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
       const letter = s[i]

       if(s.indexOf(letter) === s.lastIndexOf(letter)) {
           return i
       }
   }

    return -1

};