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hasMirrorTwice

Language/Type: JavaScript arrays traversals nested loops

Write a function named hasMirrorTwice that accepts two arrays of integers a1 and a2 as parameters and returns true if a1 contains all the elements of a2 in reverse order at least twice (and false otherwise). For example, if a2 stores the elements [1, 2, 3] and a1 stores the elements [6, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 5], your function would return true.

Assume that both arrays passed to your function will have a length of at least 1 and contain no null elements. This means that the shortest possible mirror will be of length 1, representing a single element (which is its own mirror). A sequence that is a palindrome (the same forwards as backwards) is considered its own mirror and should be included in your computations. For example, if a1 is [6, 1, 2, 1, 4, 1, 2, 1, 5] and a2 is [1, 2, 1], your function should return true. The two occurrences of the mirror might overlap, as shown in the fourth sample call below.

The following table shows some calls to your function and their expected results:

Arrays Returned Value
let a1 = [6, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 5];
let a2 = [1, 2]
hasMirrorTwice(a1, a2) returns true
let a3 = [5, 8, 4, 18, 5, 42, 4, 8, 5, 5];
let a4 = [4, 8, 5]
hasMirrorTwice(a3, a4) returns false
let a5 = [6, 3, 42, 18, 12, 5, 3, 42, 3, 42];
let a6 = [42, 3]
hasMirrorTwice(a5, a6) returns true
let a7 = [6, 1, 2, 4, 2, 1, 2, 4, 2, 1, 5];
let a8 = [1, 2, 4, 2, 1]
hasMirrorTwice(a7, a8) returns true
let a9 = [0, 0];
let aa = [0]
hasMirrorTwice(a9, aa) returns true
let ab = [8, 9, 2, 1];
let ac = [5, 7, 1, 2, 9, 8]
hasMirrorTwice(ab, ac) returns false

Do not modify the contents of the arrays passed to your function as parameters.

Function: Write a JavaScript function as described, not a complete program.

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