check to see if two strings have a difference of one
"bake" "pake" true "pale" "plae" false
var oneAway = function(str1, str2) { var splitStr1 = str1.split(""); var splitStr2 = str2.split(""); var shortest;//w w w . j a v a 2 s . co m if(splitStr1.length < splitStr2.length) { shortest = splitStr1; } else { shortest = splitStr2; } var dif = 0; if(splitStr1.length - splitStr2.length > 1 || splitStr2.length - splitStr1.length > 1) { return false; } for(var i = 0; i < shortest.length; i++) { if(splitStr1[i] !== splitStr2[i]) { dif++; } } if(dif > 1) { return false; } return true; } console.log(oneAway("hello", "helo")); console.log(oneAway("hello", "heool")); console.log(oneAway("Miles", "miles"));