Birmingham | 25-ITP-Sep | Joy Opachavalit | Sprint 1 | coursework/sprint-1 #773
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| // Line 1 is a variable declaration, creating the count variable with an initial value of 0 | ||
| // Describe what line 3 is doing, in particular focus on what = is doing | ||
| // Line 3 is an assignment statement. The = is the assignment operator, which takes the value on the right side (count + 1, which evaluates to 1) and assigns it to the variable on the left side (count), updating count's value from 0 to 1 |
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Operation like count = count + 1 is very common in programming, and there is a programming term describing such operation.
Can you find out what one-word programming term describes the operation on line 3?
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count = count + 1is very common in programming, and there is a programming term describing such operation.Can you find out what one-word programming term describes the operation on line 3?
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| // b) Run the code and identify the line where the error is coming from - why is this error occurring? How can you fix this problem? | ||
| //syntax error! On line 5, there's a missing comma in the replaceAll method. |
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In the function call .replaceAll(",", ""), there's a programming term for "," and "" (the values passed into the function). Could you find out what this term is?
| // 2. const penceStringWithoutTrailingP = penceString.substring(0, penceString.length - 1): removes the trailing 'p' from the string to isolate the numeric part | ||
| // 3. const paddedPenceNumberString = penceStringWithoutTrailingP.padStart(3, "0"): pads the numeric string with leading zeros to ensure it is at least 3 digits long | ||
| // 4. const pounds = paddedPenceNumberString.substring(0, paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2): extracts the pounds portion from the padded string | ||
| // 5. const pence = paddedPenceNumberString.substring(paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2).padEnd(2, "0"): extracts the pence portion and ensures it is 2 digits long |
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Could we expect this program to work as intended for any valid penceString if we deleted .padEnd(2, "0") from the code?
In other words, do we really need .padEnd(2, "0") in this script?
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No, we don't need .padEnd(2, "0") in this script. —Since padStart(3, "0") ensures the string is minimum 3 characters, and we're extracting the last 2, we'll always get exactly 2 characters. The .padEnd(2, "0") is redundant.
| -> It displays a dialog box in the browser asking the user to enter some input. | ||
| The user can type a response and click "OK" or click "Cancel". |
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What value does prompt() return? How can the program that call prompt() find out if the user clicked OK or Cancel?
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The prompt() function returns different values depending on what the user does:
1. If the user types something and clicks "OK": prompt() returns a string containing whatever the user typed
◦ Even if they type nothing and click OK, it returns an empty string ""
2. If the user clicks "Cancel" (or presses ESC): prompt() returns null
The return value is either a string (including empty string "") or null. This null value is how the program knows the user clicked Cancel rather than OK.
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Spot on! Great work! In the PR description, Can you change "#Changelist" to a level-2 header in Markdown, to make it look like this? Changelist |
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@cjyuan I have changed "#Changelist" to a level-2 header in Markdown. |
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-Completed all excercises in Sprint-1