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36 changes: 31 additions & 5 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;
}

if (!Array.isArray(list) || list.length === 0) return null;
//If the items are not an array or if the array is empty return null
const numbers = list.filter((num) => Number.isFinite(num));
if (numbers.length === 0) return null;
//checks the array before sorting and removing anything that is not a valid items and excludes NaN, Infinity and -Infinity.
const sortedList = [...numbers].sort((a, b) => a - b);
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Is it necessary to create a copy of numbers first before sorting in this function?

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Hi @cjyuan, It is not strictly necessary, but it is good practice ensuring that the original array is never mutated.

//creates a copy, after sorting so the original items are kept the same.
const middleIndex = Math.floor(sortedList.length / 2);
//finds the median position
if (sortedList.length % 2 === 0) {
// if the list length is even, average the two middle numbers
return (sortedList[middleIndex - 1] + sortedList[middleIndex]) / 2;
//It finds the middles of the array and selects the number before the middle and and adds the next number then divides by 2 when number is even.
}
return sortedList[middleIndex];
//if it is odd it returns the middle number
};
//checking
// console.log(calculateMedian([1, 2, "3", null, undefined, 4])); // 2
// console.log(calculateMedian([1, 2, 3, 4])); // 2.5
// console.log(calculateMedian([110, 20, 0])); //20
// console.log(calculateMedian([1, "apple", 2, null, 5, undefined])); // 2
// console.log(calculateMedian("not array")); // null
// console.log(calculateMedian("")); // null
module.exports = calculateMedian;

//check list
// Is the input valid? ie not a string?
//Validate what is valid input should be
// sort input and put in new array
//calculate median
//check output
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))
);

[
Expand All @@ -45,6 +56,7 @@ describe("calculateMedian", () => {
{ 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))
);
});
23 changes: 22 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/dedupe.js
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function dedupe() {}
function dedupe(arr) {
if (arr.length === 0) {
//checks if array is empty
return arr;
};
const newArray = []; // to store the new values after checking and deduplicating
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
// checks every item in array for dupes
if (!newArray.includes(arr[i])) {
//checks if new item is already in newArray
newArray.push(arr[i]); // adds new item !in newArray and appends it
}
};
return newArray; // returns new array without duplicates/empty
};

console.log(dedupe([])); // prints: []
console.log(dedupe([1, 2, 3])); // prints: [ 1, 2, 3 ]
console.log(dedupe([5, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 8])); // prints: [ 5, 1, 2, 3, 8 ]
console.log(dedupe(["a", "a", "a", "b", "b", "c"])); // prints: [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ]

module.exports = dedupe;
16 changes: 15 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/dedupe.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -16,13 +16,27 @@ E.g. dedupe([1, 2, 1]) returns [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 has no duplicates, it returns a copy of the original array", () => {
expect(dedupe([1, 2, 3])).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
expect(dedupe([5, 1, 4])).toEqual([5, 1, 4]);
});
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This test should fail if the function returns the original array (instead of a copy of the original array).

The current test checks only if both the original array and the returned array contain identical elements.
In order to validate the returned array is a different array, we need an additional check.

Can you find out what this additional check is?


// Given an array of 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 the duplicates preserving the first occurrence of each element", () => {
expect(dedupe([5, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 8])).toEqual([5, 1, 2, 3, 8]);
expect(dedupe([1, 2, 1])).toEqual([1, 2]);
expect(dedupe(["a", "a", "a", "b", "b", "c"])).toEqual(["a", "b", "c"]);
expect(dedupe(["z", "y", "w", "w", "u", "u"])).toEqual(["z", "y", "w", "u"]);
});
// Then it should return a new array with duplicates removed while preserving the
// first occurrence of each element from the original array.
// updated version
10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/max.js
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function findMax(elements) {
}
if (!Array.isArray(elements)) return null;

if (elements.length === 0) return -Infinity;
// must include declaration for infinity or test fails.
const numbers = elements.filter((num) => Number.isFinite(num));
if (numbers.length === 0) return NaN;
// it returns NaN if no numbers found, there is no need to sort the numbers
return Math.max(...numbers);
}
//console.log(findMax([200, 5, 8, 15, 90, 12]));
module.exports = findMax;
25 changes: 24 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/max.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -16,28 +16,51 @@ 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, it 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, it returns that number", () => {
expect(findMax([1])).toEqual(1);
});

// 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 positive and negative numbers, it returns the largest overall number", () => {
expect(findMax([-5, 35, 15, -55])).toEqual(35);
});

// 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 to zero", () => {
expect(findMax([-55, -35, -15, -5])).toEqual(-5);
});

// 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, it returns the largest decimal number", () => {
expect(findMax([5.5, 3.5, 1.5, 0.5])).toEqual(5.5);
});

// 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 number", () => {
expect(findMax(["Not", "A", "Number", 75, 85, 105])).toEqual(105);
});

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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.

// 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 non-number values, returns Not a Number (NaN)", () => {
expect(findMax(["a", "b", "c"])).toBeNaN(); // note: NaN !== NaN,
});
11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions Sprint-1/implement/sum.js
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function sum(elements) {
const numbers = elements.filter((num) => Number.isFinite(num));

if (numbers.length === 0 && elements.length > 0) return NaN;

return numbers.reduce((total, nextNumber) => total + nextNumber, 0);
}
// console.log(sum([])); // 0
// console.log(sum([1])); // 1
// console.log(sum([5, 2, -3])); //4
// console.log(sum([1.5, 2.5, 3.5])); //7.5
// console.log(sum(["h", 2.5, "e", 3.5])); //6
// console.log(sum(["a", "b", "c", "d"])); //Nan

module.exports = sum;
20 changes: 18 additions & 2 deletions 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, it returns 0", () => {
expect(sum([])).toEqual(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 just one number, it returns that number", () => {
expect(sum([1])).toEqual(1);
});

// 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, it returns the correct sum", () => {
expect(sum([5, 2, -3])).toEqual(4);
});

// 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 float numbers, it should return the total sum", () => {
expect(sum([1.5, 2.5, 3.5])).toEqual(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 containing non-number values, it should ignore the non-numbers and sum the numerical elements", () => {
expect(sum(["h", 2.5, "e", 3.5])).toEqual(6);
});

// 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 non-number values, returns Not a Number (NaN)", () => {
expect(sum(["a", "b", "c"])).toBeNaN(); // note: NaN !== NaN,
});
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