JavaScript: else
Let's write a function getTypeOfSentence() to analyze a piece of text and return its type: General sentence for normal sentences and Question sentence for questions.
getTypeOfSentence('Hodor'); // General sentence
getTypeOfSentence('Hodor?'); // Question sentence
Implementation:
const getTypeOfSentence = (sentence) => {
// Declare a variable to store the sentence type
let sentenceType;
// Predicate checking the text ending
// If it ends with '?', it will return true,
// otherwise, it'll return false
if (sentence.endsWith('?')) {
// If the condition above holds true,
// we have a question sentence.
// Assign an appropriate value to sentenceType
sentenceType = 'Question';
} else {
// Otherwise, the sentenceType is 'General'
sentenceType = 'General';
}
// Build a string via interpolation
return `${sentenceType} sentence`;
};
We have added the keyword else and a new block with curly brackets. This block executes only if the condition in if is false.
There are two ways to design an if-else clause. The negation allows you to change the order of the blocks:
const getTypeOfSentence = (sentence) => {
let sentenceType;
// Add negation
// The code blocks with the 'else' and 'if' statements are swapped
if (!sentence.endsWith('?')) {
sentenceType = 'General';
} else {
sentenceType = 'Question';
}
return `${sentenceType} sentence`;
};
Which way is preferable? It is easier for the human brain to reason in a straightforward manner rather than via negation. Try to pick a test that has no negations, and then modify the contents of the code blocks to suit it.
Instructions
Write the normalizeUrl() function that carries out so-called data normalization. It takes a site address and returns it with https:// at the beginning.
The function accepts URLs both as URL or https://URL, but will always return it as https://URL
You can use a method, startsWith(), to check if the string starts with the prefix https://. And then add or don't add https:// accordingly.
Examples:
normalizeUrl("google.com"); // "https://google.com"
normalizeUrl("https://ai.fi"); // "https://ai.fi"
The exercise doesn't pass checking. What to do? 😶
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In my environment the code works, but not here 🤨
Tests are designed so that they test the solution in different ways and against different data. Often the solution works with one kind of input data but doesn't work with others. Check the «Tests» tab to figure this out, you can find hints at the error output.
My code is different from the teacher's one 🤔
It's fine. 🙆 One task in programming can be solved in many different ways. If your code passed all tests, it complies with the task conditions.
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I've read the lessons but nothing is clear 🙄
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Definitions
else is a way to define a block of code that executes if the
ifcondition is not satisfied