Chatbot Away-Status Refactor
OpenAI● MediumFULLTIMEPHONE SCREENProblem statement
Given one chat message and parallel arrays of usernames and away statuses, return the statuses for away users mentioned in the message.
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message = "Can @Mia and @sam review this? @mia"usernames = ["mia","Sam","lee"]statuses = ["Mia is hiking","Sam is offline","Lee is away"]return = ["Mia is hiking","Sam is offline"]Matching is case-insensitive, preserves first-mention order, and suppresses the repeated @mia mention.
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