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Great job! See comments below for comments to make things cleaner/simpler. Also, one of the functions does not do what it is supposed to do.
For commits, make sure to commit more often and make your commits more descriptive! Instead of taking about what wave was completed, include details about what functionality was added.
| expectScores({ | ||
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| const correct = { word: "XXXX", score: scoreWord("XXXX") }; | ||
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| throw "Complete test by adding an assertion"; | ||
| expect(highestScoreFrom(words)).toEqual(correct); |
| const letterPool = { | ||
| 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 | ||
| }; | ||
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| const makePoolArr = function() { | ||
| const poolArr = []; | ||
| for (const [letter, quantity] of Object.entries(letterPool)) { | ||
| for (let i = 0; i < quantity; i++) { | ||
| poolArr.push(letter); | ||
| } | ||
| } | ||
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| return poolArr | ||
| }; | ||
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| const getRandNum = function(poolArr) { | ||
| const maxLength = poolArr.length - 1; | ||
| const randNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * maxLength); | ||
| return randNum | ||
| }; |
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All of this can be done outside of the function. That way it doesn't all have to be re-created every time the drawLetters function is called. Great use of helper functions though!
| const letterValue = function () { | ||
| return poolArr[randNum]; | ||
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There's no need for a function. Instead, you can just do hand.push(poolArr[randNum]).
| for(let letter of input) { | ||
| let index = lettersInHand.indexOf(letter); | ||
| if(lettersInHand.includes(letter)){ | ||
| lettersInHand.splice(index, 1); |
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We do not want to modify the lettersInHand array. We should be making a copy of it at the beginning. If the user's hand loses letters every time we're just checking to see if the input has the correct letters, the user will be out of letters quickly.
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| export const scoreWord = (word) => { | ||
| // Implement this method for wave 3 | ||
| const scoreChart = { |
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Again, this can be declared outside of the function so it doesn't have to be recreated every time the function is called.
| let score = 0 | ||
| //console.log(score) | ||
| //console.log('word:', word) | ||
| if(word === "") { | ||
| return score | ||
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| for(let letter of word.toUpperCase()) { | ||
| //console.log(letter) | ||
| score += scoreChart[letter]; | ||
| //console.log(score) | ||
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| if(word.length > 6){ | ||
| score += 8; | ||
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| return score |
| return score | ||
| }; | ||
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| export const highestScoreFrom = (words) => { |
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Great start! This gets us to the correct answer, but requires going through the list of words multiple times. There is a way to just go through the list once. This requires having an object that keeps track of the current highest-scoring word and checking it against the next word to see if it should be replaced until you make it through the whole list.
| const max_score = Math.max(...scores); | ||
| //console.log(max_score) | ||
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| const indices = []; | ||
| for(let i = 0; i < scores.length; i++){ | ||
| if (scores[i] === max_score){ | ||
| indices.push(i); | ||
| } | ||
| }; | ||
| //console.log(indices) | ||
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| const possibleAnswers = []; | ||
| if(indices.length === 1){ | ||
| return wordsAndScores[indices[0]] | ||
| } else { | ||
| for(let index of indices){ | ||
| possibleAnswers.push(wordsAndScores[index]) | ||
| }; | ||
| //console.log(possibleAnswers) | ||
| }; |
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Careful with indentation! It's not required to make Javascript work like in Python, but should still be done to make things easier to read.
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