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A function that finds all combinations of numbers in an array the sum of which equals a certain number
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function arraySum(arr) { | |
return arr.reduce((sum, next) => sum + next, 0); | |
} | |
function padLeft(string, size) { | |
let res = string; | |
while (res.length < size) { | |
res = `0${res}`; | |
} | |
return res; | |
} | |
function turnIntoIndexes(binaryString) { | |
return binaryString | |
.split('') | |
.map((n, index) => (n === '1' ? index : null)) | |
.filter(Number.isInteger); | |
} | |
function getAllCombinations(arr) { | |
const combinations = []; | |
const max = 2 ** arr.length; | |
let n = 0; | |
while (++n < max) { | |
const binaryString = n.toString(2); | |
const visualPosition = padLeft(binaryString, arr.length); | |
const indexes = turnIntoIndexes(visualPosition); | |
const combination = indexes.map(i => arr[i]); | |
combinations.push(combination); | |
} | |
return combinations; | |
} | |
function sumOfCombinations(values, desiredSum = 10) { | |
const combinations = getAllCombinations(values); | |
return combinations.filter( | |
combination => arraySum(combination) === desiredSum, | |
); | |
} | |
module.exports = { | |
arraySum, | |
sumOfCombinations, | |
}; |
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const assert = require('assert'); | |
const { arraySum, sumOfCombinations } = require('./sumOfCombinations'); | |
/** test arraySum */ | |
assert.equal(arraySum([1, 2, 3]), 6, '1 + 2 + 3 equals 6'); | |
assert.equal(arraySum([97, 1, 1, 1]), 100, '97 + 1 + 1 + 1 equals 100'); | |
/** test sumOfCombinations */ | |
const sum = 10; | |
const res1 = sumOfCombinations([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], sum); | |
assert.equal(res1.length, 3, "should've found 3 combinations"); | |
assert.ok( | |
res1.every(combination => arraySum(combination) === sum), | |
'Sum of every combination should be correct', | |
); | |
const res2 = sumOfCombinations([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 45, 9, 7, 8], sum); | |
assert.equal(res2.length, 7, "should've found 7 combinations"); | |
assert.ok( | |
res2.every(combination => arraySum(combination) === sum), | |
'Sum of every combination should be correct', | |
); | |
const res3 = sumOfCombinations([1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1], sum); | |
assert.equal(res3.length, 1, "should've found 1 combination"); | |
assert.ok( | |
res3.every(combination => arraySum(combination) === sum), | |
'Sum of every combination should be correct', | |
); | |
const res4 = sumOfCombinations([54, 234, 12, 99, 10], sum); | |
assert.equal(res4.length, 1, "should've found 1 combination"); | |
assert.ok( | |
res4.every(combination => arraySum(combination) === sum), | |
'Sum of every combination should be correct', | |
); | |
console.log('all tests passed'); |
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