forntedtask.js

/*
* Write a function that prints the temperature closest to 0 among input data.
* If two numbers are equally close to zero, positive integer has to be considered closest to zero (for instance, if the temperatures are -5 and 5, then display 5)
*/
const temps = [
    '1 -1 -3 3 2',
    '-4 -2 -111',
    '12 -1 3 6 2 9',
    '12 2 6 9 -2 7',
    '-5 -4 -2 7 -20 4 2 18 11 5',
    ''
    ];
    // ---
    
    // Receive string of temps one after each other
    function outputTemp(tempRow) {
  
    if (tempRow.length === 0) return 0
    
    const tempArr = tempRow.split(' ').map(x => parseInt(x));

    
    // console.log(tempArr);

    if (tempArr.indexOf(0) !== -1) return 0;

    const minPosTemp = Math.min(...tempArr.filter(x => x > 0));
    const minNegTemp = Math.max(...tempArr.filter(x => x < 0));
    
     return Math.abs(minPosTemp) <= Math.abs(minNegTemp) ? minPosTemp : minNegTemp;

    if (Math.abs(minPosTemp) <= Math.abs(minPosTemp)) {
         minPosTemp
    }else {
         minNegTemp;
    }

    }

     console.log(outputTemp('1 -1 -3 3 2'));