sameDashes
Category: Programming
Author: Stuart Reges
Book Chapter: 5.4
Problem: sameDashes
Write a method sameDashes that takes two strings as
parameters and that returns whether or not they have dashes in the same
places (returning true if they do and returning false otherwise). For
example, below are four pairs of strings of equal length that have the same
pattern of dashes. Notice that the last pair has no dashes at all.
string1: "hi--there-you." "-15-389" "criminal-plan" "abc"
string2: "12--(134)-7539" "-xy-zzy" "(206)555-1384" "9.8"
To be considered a match, the strings must have exactly the same number of
dashes in exactly the same positions. The strings might be of different
length. For example, the following calls should each return true:
sameDashes("1st-has-more characters", "2nd-has-less")
sameDashes("1st-has-less", "2nd-has-more characters")
because the strings each have two dashes and they are in the same positions.
But the following calls should each return false because the longer string
has a third dash where the shorter string does not:
sameDashes("1st-has-more-characters", "2nd-has-less")
sameDashes("1st-has-less", "2nd-has-more-characters")
Write your solution to sameDashes below.