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19 changes: 16 additions & 3 deletions Sprint-1/fix/median.js
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// 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;
// Make sure input is an array
if (!Array.isArray(list)) return null;

// Filter only valid numbers (exclude NaN, null, strings, etc.)
const numbers = list.filter((n) => typeof n === "number" && !isNaN(n));

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

const mid = Math.floor(sorted.length / 2);

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

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

module.exports = calculateMedian;
7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/dedupe.js
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function dedupe() {}
function dedupe(arr) {
const deduplicates = arr.filter((item, index) => arr.indexOf(item) === index);
return deduplicates;
}

module.exports = dedupe;
30 changes: 29 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/dedupe.test.js
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// 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", () => {
[{ input: [], expected: [] }].forEach(({ input, expected }) => {
expect(dedupe(input)).toEqual(expected);
});
});

// 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", () => {
[
{ input: [1, 2, 3], expected: [1, 2, 3] },
{ input: ["a", "b", "c"], expected: ["a", "b", "c"] },
{ input: [true, false], expected: [true, false] },
].forEach(({ input, expected }) => {
const result = dedupe(input);

expect(dedupe(input)).toEqual(expected);
expect(result).not.toBe(input);

});
});

// 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("given an array with strings or numbers, it removes duplicate values preserving the first occurrence of each element", () => {
[
{ input: [1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3], expected: [1, 2, 3] },
{ input: ["a", "b", "b", "c", "c", "c"], expected: ["a", "b", "c"] },
{ input: [true, false, false, true], expected: [true, false] },
].forEach(({ input, expected }) => {
expect(dedupe(input)).toEqual(expected);
});
});
11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/max.js
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function findMax(elements) {
function findMax(arr) {
if (!Array.isArray(arr) || arr.length === 0) return -Infinity;

const numbers = arr.filter((n) => typeof n === "number" && !isNaN(n));

if (numbers.length > 0) {
return Math.max(...numbers);
}

return arr[arr.length - 1];
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This is an odd choice of value to return.

Is there any value you don't expect findMax() to ever return?

}

module.exports = findMax;
22 changes: 21 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/max.test.js
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// 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 -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([42])).toBe(42);
});

// 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 an array with both positive and negative numbers, returns the largest number", () => {
expect(findMax([30, -10, 50, -20, 40])).toBe(50);
});

// Given an array with just negative numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the closest one to zero
test("given an array with just negative numbers, returns the closest one to zero", () => {
expect(findMax([-30, -10, -50, -20, -40])).toBe(-10);
});

// Given an array with decimal numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the largest decimal number
test("given an array with decimal numbers, returns the largest decimal number", () => {
expect(findMax([3.5, 2.1, 4.8, 1.9])).toBe(4.8);
});

// 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("given an array with non-number values, returns the max and ignores non-numeric 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("given an array with only non-number values, returns the least surprising value", () => {
expect(findMax(["a", "b", "c"])).toBe("c");
});
7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions Sprint-1/implement/sum.js
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function sum(elements) {
let totalSum = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
if (typeof elements[i] === "number") {
totalSum += elements[i];
}
}
return totalSum;
}

module.exports = sum;
19 changes: 18 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([42])).toBe(42);
});

// Given an array containing negative numbers
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should still return the correct total sum
test("given an array containing negative numbers, returns the correct total sum", () => {
expect(sum([-1, -2, -3])).toBe(-6);
});

// Given an array with decimal/float numbers
// When passed to the sum function
// Then it should return the correct total sum
test("given an array with decimal numbers, returns the correct total sum", () => {
expect(sum([1.5, 2.5, 3.5])).toBeCloseTo(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 and return the sum of the numerical elements
test("given an array with non-number values, ignores them and returns the sum of numbers", () => {
expect(sum([10, "hello", 20, true, 30, null])).toBe(60);
});

// 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 an array with only non-number values, returns 0", () => {
expect(sum(["hello", true, null])).toBe(0);
});
13 changes: 11 additions & 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];
// if (element === target) {
// return true;
// }
// }
// return false;
// }

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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