West Midlands Class 2 - Michael Biruk - JavaScript Core I - Week 1

exercises/B-hello-world/exercise.js

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 console.log("Hello world");
+console.log("Hello world. I just started learning JS!")
+console.log("This is the first exercise in the module.")
+console.log("The module takes 3 weeks.")

exercises/C-variables/exercise.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 // Start by creating a variable `greeting`
-
+var greeting = "Hello world";
+console.log(greeting);
+console.log(greeting);
 console.log(greeting);

exercises/D-strings/exercise.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 // Start by creating a variable `message`
-
+var message = "This is a string";
+var messageType = typeof message;
 console.log(message);
+console.log(messageType);

exercises/E-strings-concatenation/exercise.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 // Start by creating a variable `message`
-
-console.log(message);
+var greetingStart = "Hi, my name is ";
+var name = "Michael";
+var greeting = greetingStart + name;
+console.log(greeting);

exercises/F-strings-methods/exercise.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 // Start by creating a variable `message`
-
+var name = "Michael";
+var nameLength = name.length;
+var message = "My name is " + name + " and my name is " + nameLength +" characters long.";
 console.log(message);

exercises/F-strings-methods/exercise2.js

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 const name = " Daniel  ";
-
+var trimmedName = name.trim();
+var nameLength = name.length;
+var message="My name is " + trimmedName + " and  my name is " + nameLength + " characters long."
 console.log(message);

exercises/G-numbers/exercise.js

@@ -1 +1,8 @@
 // Start by creating a variables `numberOfStudents` and `numberOfMentors`
+var numberOfStudents = 15;
+var numberOfMentors = 6;
+var numberOfParticipants = numberOfStudents + numberOfMentors;
+// Output
+console.log("Number of students: " + numberOfStudents);
+console.log("Number of mentors: " + numberOfMentors);
+console.log("Total number of students and mentors: " + numberOfParticipants);

exercises/I-floats/exercise.js

@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
+// Declare and initialise variables
 var numberOfStudents = 15;
 var numberOfMentors = 8;
+var numberOfParticipants = numberOfStudents + numberOfMentors;
+var percentageOfStudents = Math.round(numberOfStudents / numberOfParticipants * 100);
+var percentageOfMentors = Math.round(numberOfMentors / numberOfParticipants * 100);
+// Output
+console.log("Percentage of students: " + percentageOfStudents + "%");
+console.log("Percentage of mentors: " + percentageOfMentors + "%");
+

exercises/J-functions/exercise.js

@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 function halve(number) {
   // complete the function here
+    return number / 2;
 }
 
 var result = halve(12);
+console.log(result);
+
+result = halve(23);
+console.log(result);
 
+result = halve(56);
 console.log(result);
+
+

exercises/J-functions/exercise2.js

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 function triple(number) {
   // complete function here
+    return number * 3;
 }
 
 var result = triple(12);
+console.log(result);
+
+result = triple(23);
+console.log(result);
 
+result = triple(56);
 console.log(result);

exercises/K-functions-parameters/exercise.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Complete the function so that it takes input parameters
-function multiply() {
+function multiply(a,b) {
   // Calculate the result of the function and return it
+    return a * b;
 }
 
 // Assign the result of calling the function the variable `result`

exercises/K-functions-parameters/exercise2.js

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Declare your function first
-
+function divide(a, b) {
+    return a / b;
+}
 var result = divide(3, 4);
 
 console.log(result);

exercises/K-functions-parameters/exercise3.js

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Write your function here
-
+function createGreeting(name) {    
+    return "Hello, my name is " + name;
+}
 var greeting = createGreeting("Daniel");
 
 console.log(greeting);

exercises/K-functions-parameters/exercise4.js

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Declare your function first
-
+function add(a, b) {
+    return a + b;
+}
 // Call the function and assign to a variable `sum`
-
+var sum = add(13, 124);
 console.log(sum);

exercises/K-functions-parameters/exercise5.js

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // Declare your function here
-
+function createLongGreeting(name, age) {
+    return "Hello, my name is " + name + " and I'm " + age + " years old";
+}
 const greeting = createLongGreeting("Daniel", 30);
 
 console.log(greeting);

exercises/L-functions-nested/exercise.js

@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
-var mentor1 = "Daniel";
-var mentor2 = "Irina";
-var mentor3 = "Mimi";
-var mentor4 = "Rob";
-var mentor5 = "Yohannes";
+// Declare and initialise global variables
+var numberOfStudents = 15;
+var numberOfMentors = 8;
+var numberOfParticipants = numberOfStudents + numberOfMentors;
+var result; // percentage calculation result
+var message;    // message to be displayed 
+
+// This function calculates percentages
+function calculatePercentage(a, b) {
+    return Math.round(a / b * 100); // approximate value
+}
+
+// Function to display the result of percentage calculation
+function displayResult(val, desc) { // val = percentage value, desc = what the percentage is for
+    var message = "Percentage of ".concat(desc+": ", val + "%");
+    console.log(message);
+}
+
+// About students
+result = calculatePercentage(numberOfStudents, numberOfParticipants);
+message = displayResult(result, "students");
+
+// About mentors
+result = calculatePercentage(numberOfMentors, numberOfParticipants);
+message = displayResult(result, "mentors");

exercises/L-functions-nested/exercise2.js

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+var mentor1 = "Daniel";
+var mentor2 = "Irina";
+var mentor3 = "Mimi";
+var mentor4 = "Rob";
+var mentor5 = "Yohannes";
+
+// Function to change style of text to uppercase
+function changeToUpperCase(text) {
+    return text.toUpperCase();
+}
+
+// Function to display greeting message, given name of a person to greet
+function greetSomeone(name) {
+    var greeting = "Hello " + name;
+    var message = changeToUpperCase(greeting);
+    console.log(message);
+}
+
+greetSomeone(mentor1);
+greetSomeone(mentor2);
+greetSomeone(mentor3);
+greetSomeone(mentor4);
+greetSomeone(mentor5);

extra/1-currency-conversion.js

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
   Write a function that converts a price to USD (exchange rate is 1.4 $ to £)
 */
 
-function convertToUSD() {}
+function convertToUSD(price) {
+    return price * 1.4;
+}
 
 /*
   CURRENCY FORMATTING
@@ -15,7 +17,13 @@ function convertToUSD() {}
   They have also decided that they should add a 1% fee to all foreign transactions, which means you only convert 99% of the £ to BRL.
 */
 
-function convertToBRL() {}
+function convertToBRL(price) {
+    const exchangeRate = 5.7;
+    const serviceCharge = 0.01 * price;
+    let actualPrice = price - serviceCharge;
+    let priceInBrl = actualPrice * exchangeRate;
+    return priceInBrl;
+}
 
 /* ======= TESTS - DO NOT MODIFY ===== 
 There are some Tests in this file that will help you work out if your code is working.

extra/2-piping.js

@@ -16,26 +16,28 @@
   the final result to the variable goodCode
 */
 
-function add() {
-
+function add(a,b) {
+    return a + b;
 }
 
-function multiply() {
-
+function multiply(a,b) {
+    return a * b;
 }
 
-function format() {
-
+function format(num) {
+    return "£" + num;
 }
 
 const startingValue = 2
 
 // Why can this code be seen as bad practice? Comment your answer.
-let badCode = 
+let badCode = format(multiply(2, add(10, startingValue)));
 
 /* BETTER PRACTICE */
 
-let goodCode = 
+let goodCode = add(10, startingValue);
+goodCode = multiply(goodCode, 2);
+goodCode = format(goodCode);
 
 /* ======= TESTS - DO NOT MODIFY ===== 
 There are some Tests in this file that will help you work out if your code is working.

extra/3-magic-8-ball.js

@@ -47,6 +47,34 @@
 // and return the answer.
 function shakeBall() {
   //Write your code in here
+    console.log("The ball has shaken!");
+
+    let answers = [
+        "It is certain.",
+        "It is decidedly so.",
+        "Without a doubt.",
+        "Yes - definitely.",
+        "You may rely on it.",
+        "As I see it, yes.",
+        "Most likely.",
+        "Outlook good.",
+        "Yes.",
+        "Signs point to yes.",
+        "Reply hazy, try again.",
+        "Ask again later.",
+        "Better not tell you now.",
+        "Cannot predict now.",
+        "Concentrate and ask again.",
+        "Don't count on it.",
+        "My reply is no.",
+        "My sources say no.",
+        "Outlook not so good.",
+        "Very doubtful."
+    ];
+    // Select a random answer from list
+    let index = Math.floor(Math.random() * answers.length);
+    let randomAnswer = answers[index];
+   return randomAnswer;
 }
 
 /* 
@@ -60,6 +88,44 @@ function shakeBall() {
 */
 function checkAnswer(answer) {
   //Write your code in here
+    let answers = [
+        "very positive",
+        "positive",
+        "negative",
+        "very negative"
+    ];
+
+    switch (answer) {
+        case "It is certain.":
+        case "It is decidedly so.":
+        case "Without a doubt.":
+        case "Yes - definitely.":
+        case "You may rely on it.":
+            answer = answers[0];
+            break; 
+        case "As I see it, yes.":
+        case "Most likely.":
+        case "Outlook good.":
+        case "Yes.":
+        case "Signs point to yes.":
+            answer = answers[1];
+            break;
+        case "Reply hazy, try again.":
+        case "Ask again later.":
+        case "Better not tell you now.":
+        case "Cannot predict now.":
+        case "Concentrate and ask again.":
+            answer = answers[2];
+            break;
+        case "Don't count on it.":
+        case "My reply is no.":
+        case "My sources say no.":
+        case "Outlook not so good.":
+        case "Very doubtful.":
+            answer = answers[3];
+            break;
+    }
+    return answer;
 }
 
 /* 

mandatory/1-syntax-errors.js

@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 // There are syntax errors in this code - can you fix it to pass the tests?
 
-function addNumbers(a b c) {
+function addNumbers(a, b, c) {
     return a + b + c;
 }
 
-function introduceMe(name, age)
-return "Hello, my name is " + name "and I am " age + "years old";
+function introduceMe(name, age) {
+    return "Hello, my name is " + name + " and I am " + age + " years old";
+}
 
 function getTotal(a, b) {
-    total = a ++ b;
+    total = a + b;
 
-    return "The total is total"
+    return "The total is " + total;
 }
 
 /* 

mandatory/2-logic-error.js

@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 // The syntax for this function is valid but it has an error, find it and fix it.
 
 function trimWord(word) {
-  return wordtrim();
+  return word.trim();
 }
 
 function getWordLength(word) {
-  return "word".length();
+    return word.length;
 }
 
-function multiply(a, b, c) {
-  a * b * c;
-  return;
+function multiply(a, b, c) {  
+  return a * b * c;
 }
 
+const { stringify } = require("querystring");
 /* 
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 ======= TESTS - DO NOT MODIFY BELOW THIS LINE =====