function arrayPreviousLess(nums) {
// Look at previous element index:
// If previous element is lower number than current element return -1
// If previous element ISN'T lower number than current, return previous element
return nums.map((element, index) => {
if(element > nums[index-1]){
return nums[index-1]
}
return -1
})
}
/**
* Test Suite
*/
describe('arrayPreviousLess()', () => {
it('shift previous postions from the left to a smaller value or store -1', () => {
// arrange
const nums = [3, 5, 2, 4, 5];
// act
const result = arrayPreviousLess(nums);
// log
console.log("result: ", result);
// assert
expect(result).toEqual([-1, 3, -1, 2, 4]);
});
});