PHP: Logical Operators 2
Logical operators are an important topic, so it's worth reinforcing them with some more examples and practice.
Let's try to implement a function that checks a year to see if it's a leap year. A year is a leap year if it's a multiple of 400, or if it's both a multiple of 4 and not a multiple of 100. As you can see, the definition already contains all the required logic, all we need to do is to put it into code:
<?php
function isLeapYear($year)
{
return $year % 400 === 0 || ($year % 4 === 0 && $year % 100 !== 0);
}
isLeapYear(2018); // false
isLeapYear(2017); // false
isLeapYear(2016); // true
Let's break it down piece by piece:
- the first condition,
$year % 400 === 0: means the remainder of division by 400 is 0, so the number is a multiple of 400 ||OR- second condition
($year % 4 === 0 && $year % 100 !== 0)year % 4 === 0: means the remainder of division by 4 is 0, so the number is a multiple of 4&&AND$year % 100 !== 0: means the remainder of division by 100 is not 0, so the number is not a multiple of 100
Instructions
Write a function isNeutralSoldier(), that takes two arguments as input:
- Armor color (string). Possible variants:
red,yellow,black. - Shield color (string). Possible variants:
red,yellow,black.
The function returns true if the color of the armor is not red and the color of the shield is black. In other cases, it returns false.
Call examples:
<?php
isNeutralSoldier('yellow', 'black'); // true
isNeutralSoldier('red', 'black'); // false
isNeutralSoldier('red', 'red'); // false
The exercise doesn't pass checking. What to do? 😶
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In my environment the code works, but not here 🤨
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Your exercise will be checked with these tests:
1<?php
2
3namespace HexletBasics\Logic\LogicalOperators2;
4
5use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
6
7class Test extends TestCase
8{
9 public function test()
10 {
11 require 'index.php';
12
13 assert(isNeutralSoldier('yellow', 'black'));
14 assert(!isNeutralSoldier('red', 'yellow'));
15 assert(!isNeutralSoldier('red', 'red'));
16 assert(!isNeutralSoldier('red', 'black'));
17 assert(!isNeutralSoldier('yellow', 'red'));
18 assert(isNeutralSoldier('black', 'black'));
19 }
20}
21Teacher's solution will be available in:
