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function assertEquals(result, expected) { | |
if (result !== expected) { | |
throw new Error(`result: ${result} expected: ${expected}`); | |
} | |
} | |
// No validations needed | |
// Assume that the string is composed only by (positive) numbers | |
// NOTE: cannot use parseInt and Number constructor | |
function parseCoolInteger(value) { | |
const numbers = { | |
"0": 0, "1": 1, "2": 2, "3": 3, "4": 4, "5": 5, "6": 6, "7": 7, "8": 8, "9": 9, | |
} | |
let finalNumber = 0; | |
const valueLength = value.length; | |
for (let i=0; i < valueLength; i++) { | |
let number = numbers[value[i]] | |
// Calculate the exponent of 10, whether 10, 100, 1000 etc. | |
let exponent = valueLength - ( i + 1 ); | |
// Multiply the number by the exponent and add it to the result for instance | |
// In 1234, when i === 0, the line below will be 0 += (1 * (10^1000)) which gives 1000 | |
finalNumber += (number * (10**exponent)) | |
}; | |
return finalNumber; | |
} | |
assertEquals(parseCoolInteger("1234"), 1234); | |
assertEquals(parseCoolInteger("11"), 11); | |
assertEquals(parseCoolInteger("123456789"), 11); | |
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