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Matrix Challenge

Have the function MatrixChallenge(strArr) take the strArr parameter being passed which will be a 2D matrix of some arbitrary size filled with letters from the alphabet, and determine if a 2x2 square composed entirely of vowels exists in the matrix. For example: strArr is ["abcd", "eikr", "oufj"] then this matrix looks like the following:

a b c d

e i  k  r

o u f  j

Within this matrix there is a 2x2 square of vowels starting in the second row and first column, namely, ei, ou. If a 2x2 square of vowels is found your program should return the top-left position (row-column) of the square, so for this example your program should return 1-0. If no 2x2 square of vowels exists, then return the string not found. If there are multiple squares of vowels, return the one that is at the most top-left position in the whole matrix. The input matrix will at least be of size 2x2.

Examples:

Input: ["aqrst", "ukaei", "ffooo"]

Output: 1-2

Input: ["gg", "ff"]

Output: not found

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