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garden-project.js

// Set some useful values at the top (Constants)
let MULCH = 2;
let INCHES_IN_A_YARD = 36 * 36 * 36;

// Make Variables to add up all of the yards.
let mulchTotal = 0;
let compostTotal = 0;

// Create a Function to calculate the yards of compost and mulch.
// This Function allows us to reuse the code within whenever we want.
// When we "pass" a garden in, it's saved as this variable (garden)
function doCalculations(garden) {
  // We want 2 inches of mulch
	// This updates the Object in the List
  garden.mulchDepth = MULCH;
  garden.compostDepth = garden.fillDepth - MULCH;

  // UNLESS we have 2 inches or less
  if (garden.fillDepth <= MULCH) {
    garden.mulchDepth = 1;
    garden.compostDepth = garden.fillDepth - 1;
  }

  // The actual volume math: width * length * depth;
  garden.mulchYards =
    (garden.width * garden.length * garden.mulchDepth) / INCHES_IN_A_YARD;
  garden.compostYards =
    (garden.width * garden.length * garden.compostDepth) / INCHES_IN_A_YARD;

  // Print it out all fancy
  console.log(garden.name);
  console.log("Mulch Volume", garden.mulchYards);
  console.log("Compost Volume", garden.compostYards);
  console.log();

  mulchTotal = mulchTotal + garden.mulchYards;
  compostTotal = compostTotal + garden.compostYards;
}

// Create all the data for two garden boxes

// Back Wall – Beans	19	32	2
let beanBed = {
  name: "Bean Bed",
  width: 19, // inches
  length: 32, // inches
  fillDepth: 2, // inches
};

// Box 1 – Tomatoes	57	137	5
let tomatoBox = {
  name: "Tomato Box",
  width: 57, // inches
  length: 137, // inches
  fillDepth: 5, // inches
};

// Put all of those gardens into a List.
// Lists allow us to do mass operations on large groups of values.
let gardenList = [
  {
    name: "Back Wall – Beans",
    width: 19,
    length: 32,
    fillDepth: 2,
    mulchDepth: 1,
  },
  {
    name: "Box 1 – Tomatoes",
    width: 57,
    length: 137,
    fillDepth: 5,
    mulchDepth: 2,
  },
  {
    name: "Box 2A – Birds",
    width: 57,
    length: 70,
    fillDepth: 7,
    mulchDepth: 2,
  },
  {
    name: "Box 2B – Herbs",
    width: 57,
    length: 62,
    fillDepth: 5,
    mulchDepth: 2,
  },
  {
    name: "Fountain Bed",
    width: 24,
    length: 42,
    fillDepth: 2,
    mulchDepth: 1,
  },
  {
    name: "Hosta Bed",
    width: 12,
    length: 24,
    fillDepth: 2,
    mulchDepth: 1,
  },
  {
    name: "Inside Fence – Right",
    width: 48,
    length: 32,
    fillDepth: 2,
    mulchDepth: 1,
  },
  {
    name: "Neighbor Fence",
    width: 60,
    length: 72,
    fillDepth: 4,
    mulchDepth: 2,
  },
  {
    name: "Outside Fence – Left",
    width: 42,
    length: 185,
    fillDepth: 3,
    mulchDepth: 2,
  },
  {
    name: "Outside Fence – Right",
    width: 52,
    length: 178,
    fillDepth: 2,
    mulchDepth: 1,
  },
  {
    name: "Porch – Left",
    width: 30,
    length: 108,
    fillDepth: 2,
    mulchDepth: 1,
  },
  {
    name: "Porch – Side / Mixing",
    width: 84,
    length: 30,
    fillDepth: 2,
    mulchDepth: 1,
  },
  {
    name: "Under Window",
    width: 32,
    length: 81,
    fillDepth: 3,
    mulchDepth: 2,
  },
];

// Use .forEach on the List to send each garden to the Function above.
// "Call doCalculations on each garden inside of gardenList".
gardenList.forEach(doCalculations);

// Print out the totals (added up inside of doCalculations).
console.log(mulchTotal);
console.log(compostTotal);


function formatForExcel(garden) {
  console.log(garden.compostDepth + "\t" + garden.mulchYards + "\t" + garden.compostDepth);
}

gardenList.forEach(formatForExcel);

gardens.json

[
  {
    "name": "Back Wall – Beans",
    "width": 19,
    "length": 32,
    "fillDepth": 2,
    "mulchDepth": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "Box 1 – Tomatoes",
    "width": 57,
    "length": 137,
    "fillDepth": 5,
    "mulchDepth": 2
  },
  {
    "name": "Box 2A – Birds",
    "width": 57,
    "length": 70,
    "fillDepth": 7,
    "mulchDepth": 2
  },
  {
    "name": "Box 2B – Herbs",
    "width": 57,
    "length": 62,
    "fillDepth": 5,
    "mulchDepth": 2
  },
  {
    "name": "Fountain Bed",
    "width": 24,
    "length": 42,
    "fillDepth": 2,
    "mulchDepth": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "Hosta Bed",
    "width": 12,
    "length": 24,
    "fillDepth": 2,
    "mulchDepth": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "Inside Fence – Right",
    "width": 48,
    "length": 32,
    "fillDepth": 2,
    "mulchDepth": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "Neighbor Fence",
    "width": 60,
    "length": 72,
    "fillDepth": 4,
    "mulchDepth": 2
  },
  {
    "name": "Outside Fence – Left",
    "width": 42,
    "length": 185,
    "fillDepth": 3,
    "mulchDepth": 2
  },
  {
    "name": "Outside Fence – Right",
    "width": 52,
    "length": 178,
    "fillDepth": 2,
    "mulchDepth": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "Porch – Left",
    "width": 30,
    "length": 108,
    "fillDepth": 2,
    "mulchDepth": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "Porch – Side / Mixing",
    "width": 84,
    "length": 30,
    "fillDepth": 2,
    "mulchDepth": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "Under Window",
    "width": 32,
    "length": 81,
    "fillDepth": 3,
    "mulchDepth": 2
  }
]