This Challenge is derived from GJam 2017 Kickstart Leader. This is the first 61 small cases with no spaces in names.
Google Code Jam 2017 Qualifier is March 7, 2017. Typically four challenges with small and large aspects with 27 hours to complete.
The GJam story is to determine the rightful leader. The leader is the person whose name utilizes the most unique letters, spaces do not count, and if two or more people are tied then the leader is the one whom comes first alphabetically, with space preceding A, given a list of 100 or fewer names.
Input: [names], a cell array of names using only A thru Z; max 100 names
Output: [Leader], a string of the name of the leader
Examples: [names] [Leader]; {'ADAM' 'BOB' JOHNSON'} ['JOHNSON']
For the example the first two have three and two unique letters while JOHNSON has five unique letters 'JOHNS'.
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