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21 changes: 18 additions & 3 deletions Sprint-1/fix/median.js
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Expand Up @@ -6,9 +6,24 @@
// 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;
if (!Array.isArray(list)) {
return null;
}
const numbersOnly = list.filter((item) => Number.isFinite(item));
const sorted = numbersOnly.sort((a, b) => a - b);

if (sorted.length === 0) {
return null;
} else if (sorted.length % 2 === 0) {
const mid1 = sorted.length / 2 - 1;
const mid2 = sorted.length / 2;
const median = (sorted[mid1] + sorted[mid2]) / 2;
return median;
} else {
const middleIndex = Math.floor(sorted.length / 2);
const median = sorted[middleIndex];
return median;
}
}

module.exports = calculateMedian;
22 changes: 17 additions & 5 deletions Sprint-1/fix/median.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ describe("calculateMedian", () => {
{ input: [1, 2, 3, 4], expected: 2.5 },
{ input: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6], expected: 3.5 },
].forEach(({ input, expected }) =>
it(`returns the median for [${input}]`, () => expect(calculateMedian(input)).toEqual(expected))
it(`returns the median for [${input}]`, () =>
expect(calculateMedian(input)).toEqual(expected))
);

[
Expand All @@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ describe("calculateMedian", () => {
{ input: [110, 20, 0], expected: 20 },
{ input: [6, -2, 2, 12, 14], expected: 6 },
].forEach(({ input, expected }) =>
it(`returns the correct median for unsorted array [${input}]`, () => expect(calculateMedian(input)).toEqual(expected))
it(`returns the correct median for unsorted array [${input}]`, () =>
expect(calculateMedian(input)).toEqual(expected))
);

it("doesn't modify the input array [3, 1, 2]", () => {
Expand All @@ -33,8 +35,17 @@ describe("calculateMedian", () => {
expect(list).toEqual([3, 1, 2]);
});

[ 'not an array', 123, null, undefined, {}, [], ["apple", null, undefined] ].forEach(val =>
it(`returns null for non-numeric array (${val})`, () => expect(calculateMedian(val)).toBe(null))
[
"not an array",
123,
null,
undefined,
{},
[],
["apple", null, undefined],
].forEach((val) =>
it(`returns null for non-numeric array (${val})`, () =>
expect(calculateMedian(val)).toBe(null))
);

[
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{ input: [3, "apple", 1, null, 2, undefined, 4], expected: 2.5 },
{ input: ["banana", 5, 3, "apple", 1, 4, 2], expected: 3 },
].forEach(({ input, expected }) =>
it(`filters out non-numeric values and calculates the median for [${input}]`, () => expect(calculateMedian(input)).toEqual(expected))
it(`filters out non-numeric values and calculates the median for [${input}]`, () =>
expect(calculateMedian(input)).toEqual(expected))
);
});
14 changes: 13 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/dedupe.js
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function dedupe() {}
function dedupe(array) {
let seen = new Set();
let result = [];
for (let item of array) {
if (!seen.has(item)) {
seen.add(item);
result.push(item);
}
}
return result;
}

module.exports = dedupe;
12 changes: 11 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/dedupe.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -16,12 +16,22 @@ E.g. dedupe([1, 2, 1]) target output: [1, 2]
// 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", () => {
expect(dedupe([])).toEqual([]);
});

// 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 the same array", () => {
expect(dedupe([1, 2, 3])).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
});

// Given an array with strings or numbers
// When passed to the dedupe function
// Then it should remove the duplicate values, preserving the first occurence of each element
test("removes duplicates and keeps first occurrence", () => {
expect(dedupe(['a','a','a','b','b','c'])).toEqual(['a','b','c']);
expect(dedupe([5, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 8])).toEqual([5, 1, 2, 3, 8]);
});

20 changes: 19 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/max.js
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function findMax(elements) {
let max = -Infinity;
let foundNumber = false;

for (let i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
if (Number.isFinite(elements[i])) {
foundNumber = true;

if (elements[i] > max) {
max = elements[i];
}
}
}

if (!foundNumber) {
return null;
}

return max;
}

module.exports = findMax;
module.exports = findMax;
22 changes: 21 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/max.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -16,28 +16,48 @@ const findMax = require("./max.js");
// 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");
test("given an empty array, returns null", () => {
expect(findMax([])).toBe(null);
});

// 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([7])).toBe(7);
});

// Given an array with both positive and negative numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the largest number overall
test("given positive and negative numbers, returns the largest number", () => {
expect(findMax([-10, 0, 5, -3, 8])).toBe(8);
});

// Given an array with just negative numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the closest one to zero
test("given only negative numbers, returns the largest negative number", () => {
expect(findMax([-10, -4, -2, -30])).toBe(-2);
});

// Given an array with decimal numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the largest decimal number
test("given decimal numbers, returns the largest decimal number", () => {
expect(findMax([1.2, 3.7, 2.5])).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 and returns the max", () => {
expect(findMax(["hey", 10, "hi", 60, 10])).toBe(60);
});
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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 60 < "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.


// 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("given only non-number values, returns null", () => {
expect(findMax(["hey", "hi", null, undefined, NaN])).toBe(null);
});
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The test on line 62 make it looks like the function considers null as the max value.

You can also consider treating an array with only non-number values the same as an array with no numbers, and give all arrays containing no numbers the same treatment?

7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions Sprint-1/implement/sum.js
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function sum(elements) {
let sum = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
if (Number.isFinite(elements[i])) {
sum += elements[i];
}
}
return sum;
}

module.exports = sum;
21 changes: 20 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/sum.test.js
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// Given an empty array
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return 0
test.todo("given an empty array, returns 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([7])).toBe(7);
});

// Given an array containing negative numbers
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should still return the correct total sum
test("given negative numbers, returns the correct total", () => {
expect(sum([-10, -3, -2])).toBe(-15);
});

// Given an array with decimal/float numbers
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return the correct total sum
test("given decimal numbers, returns the correct total", () => {
expect(sum([1.5, 2.5, 3])).toBe(7);
});
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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 and return the sum of the numerical elements
test("ignores non-number values and returns the sum", () => {
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 given how it behaves for all other inputs
test("given only non-number values, returns 0", () => {
expect(sum(["hey", "hi", null, undefined, NaN])).toBe(0);
});

3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions Sprint-1/refactor/includes.js
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// Refactor the implementation of includes to use a for...of loop

function includes(list, target) {
for (let index = 0; index < list.length; index++) {
const element = list[index];
for (const element of list) {
if (element === target) {
return true;
}
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