Daily JavaScript Challenge #JS-122: Find Maximum Difference Between Consecutive Elements

Daily JavaScript Challenge: Find Maximum Difference Between Consecutive Elements

Hey fellow developers! 👋 Welcome to today's JavaScript coding challenge. Let's keep those programming skills sharp!

The Challenge

Difficulty: Medium

Topic: Array Manipulation

Description

Write a function that accepts an array of integers and returns the maximum difference between any two consecutive elements in the array. If the array has less than two elements, return 0.

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3. Test it against the provided test cases
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Check out the documentation about this topic here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array

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Comments

[Alex Lohr]

const maxStep = (numbers) => Math.max(
  ...numbers.reduce((steps, value, index) =>
    index
    ? [...steps, Math.abs(value - numbers[index - 1])]
    : steps, [])
);