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30 changes: 27 additions & 3 deletions Sprint-1/fix/median.js
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// Hint: Please consider scenarios when 'list' doesn't have numbers (the function is expected to return null)
// or 'list' has mixed values (the function is expected to sort only numbers).

// function calculateMedian(list) {
// const middleIndex = Math.floor(list.length / 2);
// const median = list.splice(middleIndex, 1)[0];
// return median;
// }

// module.exports = calculateMedian;

function calculateMedian(list) {
const middleIndex = Math.floor(list.length / 2);
const median = list.splice(middleIndex, 1)[0];
return median;
if (!Array.isArray(list)) {
return null;
}

const numbers = list.filter((item) => typeof item === "number");
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Do you plan to allow -Infinity, Infinity, and NaN in the median calculation (and also in the functions in implement/max.js and implement/sum.js)?


if (numbers.length === 0) {
return null;
}

numbers.sort((a, b) => a - b);

const middle = Math.floor(numbers.length / 2);

if (numbers.length % 2 === 0) {
return (numbers[middle - 1] + numbers[middle]) / 2;
}

return numbers[middle];
}

module.exports = calculateMedian;
7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/dedupe.js
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function dedupe() {}
function dedupe(arr) {
if (arr.length === 0) return [];
return [...new Set(arr)];
}

module.exports = dedupe;
64 changes: 43 additions & 21 deletions Sprint-1/implement/dedupe.test.js
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const dedupe = require("./dedupe.js");
/*
Dedupe Array
const dedupe = require("./dedupe");

📖 Dedupe means **deduplicate**
describe("dedupe", () => {
// Given an empty array
// When passed to the dedupe function
// Then it should return an empty array
test.todo("given an empty array, it returns an empty array");
test("given an empty array, it returns an empty array", () => {
const result = dedupe([]);
expect(result).toEqual([]);
});

In this kata, you will need to deduplicate the elements of an array
// Given an array with no duplicates
// When passed to the dedupe function
// Then it should return a copy of the original array
test("given an array with no duplicates, it returns a copy of the original array", () => {
const input = [1, 2, 3, 4];
const result = dedupe(input);

E.g. dedupe(['a','a','a','b','b','c']) returns ['a','b','c']
E.g. dedupe([5, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 8]) returns [5, 1, 2, 3, 8]
E.g. dedupe([1, 2, 1]) returns [1, 2]
*/
expect(result).toEqual([1, 2, 3, 4]);
expect(result).not.toBe(input); // should be a new copy
});

// Acceptance Criteria:
// Given an array with strings
// When passed to the dedupe function
// Then it should remove duplicates preserving first occurrence
test("removes duplicate strings preserving first occurrence", () => {
const input = ["a", "a", "a", "b", "b", "c"];
const result = dedupe(input);

// Given an empty array
// When passed to the dedupe function
// Then it should return an empty array
test.todo("given an empty array, it returns an empty array");
expect(result).toEqual(["a", "b", "c"]);
});

// Given an array with no duplicates
// When passed to the dedupe function
// Then it should return a copy of the original array
// Given an array with numbers
// When passed to the dedupe function
// Then it should remove the duplicate values, preserving the first occurence of each element
test("removes duplicate numbers preserving first occurrence", () => {
const input = [5, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 8];
const result = dedupe(input);

// Given an array of strings or numbers
// When passed to the dedupe function
// Then it should return a new array with duplicates removed while preserving the
// first occurrence of each element from the original array.
expect(result).toEqual([5, 1, 2, 3, 8]);
});

test("removes duplicates in mixed order", () => {
const input = [1, 2, 1];
const result = dedupe(input);

expect(result).toEqual([1, 2]);
});
});
15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions Sprint-1/implement/max.js
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function findMax(elements) {
const numbers = elements.filter((el) => typeof el === "number");

if (numbers.length === 0) {
return -Infinity;
}

let max = numbers[0];

for (let i = 1; i < numbers.length; i++) {
if (numbers[i] > max) {
max = numbers[i];
}
}

return max;
}

module.exports = findMax;
91 changes: 50 additions & 41 deletions Sprint-1/implement/max.test.js
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/* Find the maximum element of an array of numbers

In this kata, you will need to implement a function that find the largest numerical element of an array.

E.g. max([30, 50, 10, 40]), target output: 50
E.g. max(['hey', 10, 'hi', 60, 10]), target output: 60 (sum ignores any non-numerical elements)

You should implement this function in max.js, and add tests for it in this file.

We have set things up already so that this file can see your function from the other file.
*/

const findMax = require("./max.js");

// Given an empty array
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return -Infinity
// Delete this test.todo and replace it with a test.
test.todo("given an empty array, returns -Infinity");

// Given an array with one number
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return that number

// Given an array with both positive and negative numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the largest number overall

// Given an array with just negative numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the closest one to zero

// Given an array with decimal numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the largest decimal number

// Given an array with non-number values
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the max and ignore non-numeric values

// Given an array with only non-number values
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the least surprising value given how it behaves for all other inputs
describe("findMax", () => {
// Given an empty array
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return -Infinity
test("given an empty array, returns -Infinity", () => {
expect(findMax([])).toBe(-Infinity);
});

// Given an array with one number
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return that number
test("given an array with one number, returns that number", () => {
expect(findMax([5])).toBe(5);
});

// Given an array with both positive and negative numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the largest number overall
test("returns the largest number from positive and negative numbers", () => {
expect(findMax([-10, 20, -5, 15])).toBe(20);
});

// Given an array with just negative numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the closest one to zero
test("returns the largest number among negative numbers", () => {
expect(findMax([-10, -3, -50, -1])).toBe(-1);
});

// Given an array with decimal numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the largest decimal number
test("returns the largest decimal number", () => {
expect(findMax([1.2, 3.7, 2.5, 3.6])).toBe(3.7);
});

// Given an array with non-number values
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the max and ignore non-numeric values
test("ignores non-number values", () => {
expect(findMax(["hey", 10, "hi", 60, 10])).toBe(60);
});

// Given an array with only non-number values
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the least surprising value given how it behaves for all other inputs
test("returns -Infinity when array has only non-number values", () => {
expect(findMax(["a", "b", "c"])).toBe(-Infinity);
});
});
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When a string representing a valid numeric literal (for example, "300") is compared to a number,
JavaScript first converts the string into its numeric equivalent before performing the comparison.
As a result, the expression 20 < "300" evaluates to true.

To test if the function can correctly ignore non-numeric values,
consider including a string such as "300" in the relevant test cases.

8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions Sprint-1/implement/sum.js
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function sum(elements) {
const numbers = elements.filter((el) => typeof el === "number");

if (numbers.length === 0) return 0;

if (numbers.length === 1) return numbers[0];
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Why introduce if statements for these two cases? The code on lines 8-9 can also handle these two cases. That is, even without lines 4 and 6, the function would still behave the same.


const sumNumbers = numbers.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
return sumNumbers;
}

module.exports = sum;
77 changes: 43 additions & 34 deletions Sprint-1/implement/sum.test.js
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/* Sum the numbers in an array

In this kata, you will need to implement a function that sums the numerical elements of an array

E.g. sum([10, 20, 30]), target output: 60
E.g. sum(['hey', 10, 'hi', 60, 10]), target output: 80 (ignore any non-numerical elements)
*/

const sum = require("./sum.js");

// Acceptance Criteria:

// Given an empty array
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return 0
test.todo("given an empty array, returns 0")

// Given an array with just one number
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return that number

// Given an array containing negative numbers
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should still return the correct total sum

// Given an array with decimal/float numbers
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return the correct total sum

// Given an array containing non-number values
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should ignore the non-numerical values and return the sum of the numerical elements

// Given an array with only non-number values
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return the least surprising value given how it behaves for all other inputs
describe("sum", () => {
// Given an empty array
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return 0
test("given an empty array, returns 0", () => {
expect(sum([])).toBe(0);
});

// Given an array with just one number
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return that number
test("given an array with one number, returns that number", () => {
expect(sum([5])).toBe(5);
});

// Given an array containing negative numbers
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should still return the correct total sum
test("sums negative numbers correctly", () => {
expect(sum([-5, -10, 15])).toBe(0);
});

// Given an array with decimal/float numbers
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return the correct total sum
test("sums decimal numbers correctly", () => {
expect(sum([1.5, 2.5, 3.5])).toBe(7.5);
});
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Decimal numbers in most programming languages (including JS) are internally represented in "floating point number" format. Floating point arithmetic is not exact. For example, the result of 46.5678 - 46 === 0.5678 is false because 46.5678 - 46 only yield a value that is very close to 0.5678. Even changing the order in which the program add/subtract numbers can yield different values.

So the following could happen

  expect( 1.2 + 0.6 + 0.005 ).toEqual( 1.805 );                // This fail
  expect( 1.2 + 0.6 + 0.005 ).toEqual( 1.8049999999999997 );   // This pass
  expect( 0.005 + 0.6 + 1.2 ).toEqual( 1.8049999999999997 );   // This fail

  console.log(1.2 + 0.6 + 0.005 == 1.805);  // false
  console.log(1.2 + 0.6 + 0.005 == 0.005 + 0.6 + 1.2); // false

Can you find a more appropriate way to test a value (that involves decimal number calculations) for equality?

Suggestion: Look up

  • Checking equality in floating point arithmetic in JavaScript
  • Checking equality in floating point arithmetic with Jest


// Given an array containing non-number values
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should ignore the non-numerical values
test("ignores non-number values", () => {
expect(sum(["hey", 10, "hi", 60, 10])).toBe(80);
});

// Given an array with only non-number values
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return the least surprising value
test("returns 0 when array contains only non-number values", () => {
expect(sum(["a", "b", "c"])).toBe(0);
});
});
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