 '''
Have the function LRUCache(strArr) take the array of characters stored in strArr, which will contain characters ranging from A to Z in some arbitrary order, and determine what elements still remain in a virtual cache that can hold up to 5 elements with an LRU cache algorithm implemented. For example: if strArr is ["A", "B", "C", "D", "A", "E", "D", "Z"], then the following steps are taken:

(1) A does not exist in the cache, so access it and store it in the cache.
(2) B does not exist in the cache, so access it and store it in the cache as well. So far the cache contains: ["A", "B"].
(3) Same goes for C, so the cache is now: ["A", "B", "C"].
(4) Same goes for D, so the cache is now: ["A", "B", "C", "D"].
(5) Now A is accessed again, but it exists in the cache already so it is brought to the front: ["B", "C", "D", "A"].
(6) E does not exist in the cache, so access it and store it in the cache: ["B", "C", "D", "A", "E"].
(7) D is accessed again so it is brought to the front: ["B", "C", "A", "E", "D"].
(8) Z does not exist in the cache so add it to the front and remove the least recently used element: ["C", "A", "E", "D", "Z"].

Now the caching steps have been completed and your program should return the order of the cache with the elements joined into a string, separated by a hyphen. Therefore, for the example above your program should return C-A-E-D-Z. 
'''


def ArrayChallenge(strArr):
  newArr = []
  for x in strArr:
    if len(newArr) < 5:
      if x not in newArr:
        newArr.append(x)
      else:
        newArr.remove(x)
        newArr.append(x)
    elif len(newArr)>=5:
      newArr.pop(0)
      newArr.append(x)

  # code goes here
  return "-".join(newArr)

# keep this function call here 
s_inp = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "A", "E", "D", "Z"]
s_inp = ["J", "M", "R", "A", "B", "C", "R", "M", "F", "C"]
print(ArrayChallenge(s_inp))

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