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139 changes: 137 additions & 2 deletions src/adagrams.js
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,15 +1,150 @@
//letter pool
// const LETTER_POOL = {
// A: 9,
// B: 2,
// C: 2,
// D: 4,
// E: 12,
// F: 2,
// G: 3,
// H: 2,
// I: 9,
// J: 1,
// K: 1,
// L: 4,
// M: 2,
// N: 6,
// O: 8,
// P: 2,
// Q: 1,
// R: 6,
// S: 4,
// T: 6,
// U: 4,
// V: 2,
// W: 2,
// X: 1,
// Y: 2,
// Z: 1,
// };

const LETTER_VALUE = {
A: 1,
B: 3,
C: 3,
D: 2,
E: 1,
F: 4,
G: 2,
H: 4,
I: 1,
J: 8,
K: 5,
L: 1,
M: 3,
N: 1,
O: 1,
P: 2,
Q: 10,
R: 1,
S: 1,
T: 1,
U: 1,
V: 4,
W: 4,
X: 8,
Y: 4,
Z: 10
}


export const drawLetters = () => {
// Implement this method for wave 1
const LETTER_POOL = {

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Great debugging. How interesting that it was likely a variable scope issue!

A: 9,
B: 2,
C: 2,
D: 4,
E: 12,
F: 2,
G: 3,
H: 2,
I: 9,
J: 1,
K: 1,
L: 4,
M: 2,
N: 6,
O: 8,
P: 2,
Q: 1,
R: 6,
S: 4,
T: 6,
U: 4,
V: 2,
W: 2,
X: 1,
Y: 2,
Z: 1,
};
// find the random letters
let letters = [];
while (letters.length < 10){
let letter = String.fromCharCode(Math.floor(Math.random()*26)+ 65);

//check whether letter is available in the letter pool
if(LETTER_POOL[letter] > 0){
LETTER_POOL[letter] -= 1;
letters.push(letter);
};
};
return letters;

};

export const usesAvailableLetters = (input, lettersInHand) => {
// Implement this method for wave 2
// copy from lettersInHand
let copyLettersInHand = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(lettersInHand));
for (const letter of input){
if (copyLettersInHand.includes(letter)){
//use indexOf and splice methods to remove letter
//ref:https://sentry.io/answers/remove-specific-item-from-array/#:~:text=If%20you%20want%20to%20remove,to%20remove%20the%20first%20element.
const index = copyLettersInHand.indexOf(letter);
copyLettersInHand.splice(index,1);
} else {return false}
}
return true
};

export const scoreWord = (word) => {
// Implement this method for wave 3
let score = 0;
for (const letter of word){
score += LETTER_VALUE[letter.toUpperCase()];
//console.log(score)
}
if((word.length > 6) && (word.length < 11)){
score += 8;
}
return score;
};

export const highestScoreFrom = (words) => {
// Implement this method for wave 4
let highest = {'word':words[0],'score':0};
for (const word of words){
let score = scoreWord(word);
if (score > highest['score']){
highest = {'word':word,'score':score};
}else if (score == highest['score']){
if (highest['word'].length == 10){

} else if(word.length == 10 && highest['word'].length != 10){
highest = {'word':word,'score':score};
} else if (word.length < highest['word'].length){
highest = {'word':word,'score':score};
}
}
}
return highest
};
8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions test/adagrams.test.js
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ describe("Adagrams", () => {
});

it("returns a score of 0 if given an empty input", () => {
throw "Complete test";
expectScores({
'': 0
});
});

it("adds an extra 8 points if word is 7 or more characters long", () => {
Expand All @@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ describe("Adagrams", () => {
});
});

describe.skip("highestScoreFrom", () => {
describe("highestScoreFrom", () => {
it("returns a hash that contains the word and score of best word in an array", () => {
const words = ["X", "XX", "XXX", "XXXX"];
const correct = { word: "XXXX", score: scoreWord("XXXX") };
Expand All @@ -145,7 +147,7 @@ describe("Adagrams", () => {
const words = ["XXX", "XXXX", "X", "XX"];
const correct = { word: "XXXX", score: scoreWord("XXXX") };

throw "Complete test by adding an assertion";
expect(highestScoreFrom(words)).toEqual(correct);
});

describe("in case of tied score", () => {
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