First Before Second Letter

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You are given three inputs: a string, one letter, and a second letter.

Write a function that returns true if every instance of the first letter occurs before every instance of the second letter.

Examples

firstBeforeSecond("a rabbit jumps joyfully", 'a', 'j') ➞ true
// every instance of "a" occurs before every instance of "j"

firstBeforeSecond("knaves knew about waterfalls", 'k', 'w') ➞  true

firstBeforeSecond("happy birthday", 'a', 'y') ➞ false
// the "a" in "birthday" occurs after the "y" in "happy"

firstBeforeSecond("precarious kangaroos", 'k', 'a') ➞ false

Notes

  • All strings will be in lower case.
  • All strings will contain the first and second letters at least once.
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