Capture the Rook

Published by Helen Yu in
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Write a function that returns true if two rooks can attack each other, and false otherwise.

Examples

can_capture(["A8", "E8"]) ➞ true

can_capture(["A1", "B2"]) ➞ false

can_capture(["H4", "H3"]) ➞ true

can_capture(["F5", "C8"]) ➞ false

Notes

  • Assume no blocking pieces.
  • Two rooks can attack each other if they share the same row (letter) or column (number).
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