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26 changes: 23 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;
// Check if input is an array
if (!Array.isArray(list)) return null;

// Filter only valid numbers
const numbers = list.filter(
(item) => typeof item === "number" && Number.isFinite(item)
);

// If no valid numbers, return null
if (numbers.length === 0) return null;

// Sort without mutating original array
const sorted = [...numbers].sort((a, b) => a - b);
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Why make a copy of numbers before sorting?


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

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

// Odd length
return sorted[middle];
}

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))
);

[
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{ 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]", () => {
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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))
);
});
6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/dedupe.js
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function dedupe() {}
function dedupe(arr) {
const set = new Set(arr);
return [...set];
}
module.exports = dedupe;
22 changes: 20 additions & 2 deletions 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");
describe("dedupe", () => {
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 duplication, it returns a copy of the array", () => {
const input = [1, 2, 3];
const result = dedupe(input);

expect(result).toEqual([1, 2, 3]);
expect(result).not.toBe(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
// Then it should return a new array with duplicates removed while preserving the
// first occurrence of each element from the original array.
test("removes duplicates and preserves first occurrence", () => {
expect(dedupe(["a", "a", "a", "b", "b", "b", "c"])).toEqual(["a", "b", "c"]);

expect(dedupe([5, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 8])).toEqual([5, 1, 2, 3, 8]);

expect(dedupe([1, 2, 1])).toEqual([1, 2]);
});
5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/max.js
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function findMax(elements) {
function findMax(arr) {
return arr
.filter((item) => typeof item === "number")
.reduce((acc, num) => (num > acc ? num : acc), -Infinity);
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Does your function return the value you expected from the following function calls?

findMax([NaN])
findMax([0, NaN, 1])

}

module.exports = findMax;
27 changes: 23 additions & 4 deletions 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");

describe("max function", () => {
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("array with both positive and negative numbers, returns the largest", () => {
expect(findMax([-10, 0, 5, 20, -5])).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("array with only negative numbers, returns the closest to zero", () => {
expect(findMax([-10, -5, -20])).toBe(-5);
});
// Given an array with decimal numbers
// When passed to the max function
// Then it should return the largest decimal number
test("array with decimal numbers, returns the largest decimal", () => {
expect(findMax([1.5, 2.7, 0.3])).toBe(2.7);
});

// 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("array with non-number values, ignores non-numeric and returns max number", () => {
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("array with only non-number values, returns -Infinity", () => {
expect(findMax(["a", "b", null, {}])).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.

5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion Sprint-1/implement/sum.js
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function sum(elements) {
function sum(arr) {
return arr
.filter((item) => typeof item === "number")
.reduce((acc, num) => acc + num, 0);
}

module.exports = sum;
24 changes: 20 additions & 4 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")

describe("sum function", () => {
test("given an empty array, 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 one number, returns the same 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 with negative numbers, returns the correct total", () => {
expect(sum([1, 2, 3, -2])).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 number, returns the correct total sum", () => {
expect(sum([1, 2, 3, 1.5, 2.1])).toEqual(9.6);
});
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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 , returns the sum of the numerical elements", () => {
expect(sum([1, "h", 3, "sss", 5])).toEqual(9);
});
// 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(["m", "h", "sss", "hhh"])).toEqual(0);
});
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