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Problem statement

The uppercase strings answer and guess have equal length and contain no repeated letter within either word.

Return one feedback character per guess position: G when the letter and position match, Y when the letter occurs elsewhere in answer, and _ when the letter is absent.

Function

wordleFeedback(answer: String, guess: String) → String

Examples

Example 1

answer = "ABCD"guess = "ACDE"return = "GYY_"

A is exact, C and D are present at other positions, and E is absent.

Example 2

answer = "PHONE"guess = "HOWLS"return = "YY___"

H and O occur in the answer but both are misplaced.

Example 3

answer = "PHONE"guess = "WALKS"return = "_____"

No guessed letter occurs in the answer.

Constraints

  • 1 <= answer.length == guess.length <= 26.
  • Both strings contain distinct uppercase English letters.

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public String wordleFeedback(String answer, String guess) {
    // Write your code here.
}
answer"ABCD"
guess"ACDE"
expected"GYY_"
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