Trying to solve this challenge on codewars. According to the challenge, the parts of array:
ls = [0, 1, 3, 6, 10]
Are
ls = [0, 1, 3, 6, 10]
ls = [1, 3, 6, 10]
ls = [3, 6, 10]
ls = [6, 10]
ls = [10]
ls = []
And we need to return an array with the sums of those parts.
So my code is as follows:
function partsSums(ls) {
let arrayOfSums = [];
while(ls.length > 0) {
let sum = ls.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
arrayOfSums.push(sum);
ls.shift();
}
return arrayOfSums;
}
console.log(partsSums([0, 1, 3, 6, 10]));
The issue is that it wants us to add the last sum 0 when the array is empty. So we should be getting:
[ 20, 20, 19, 16, 10, 0 ]
Instead of
[ 20, 20, 19, 16, 10]
So I tried this:
function partsSums(ls) {
let arrayOfSums = [];
while(ls.length > 0) {
let sum = ls.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
arrayOfSums.push(sum);
ls.shift();
}
arrayOfSums.push(0);
return arrayOfSums;
}
console.log(partsSums([0, 1, 3, 6, 10]));
And this:
function partsSums(ls) {
ls.push(0);
let arrayOfSums = [];
while(ls.length > 0) {
let sum = ls.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
arrayOfSums.push(sum);
ls.shift();
}
return arrayOfSums;
}
But these caused execution time-out errors on Codewars:
Execution Timed Out (12000 ms)
So I also tried:
function partsSums(ls) {
let arrayOfSums = [];
while(ls.length > -1) {
let sum = ls.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
arrayOfSums.push(sum);
ls.shift();
}
return arrayOfSums;
}
But now this causes a TypeError:
TypeError: Reduce of empty array with no initial value
I am not understanding the concept of how to get 0 into the array when all of the values have been shifted out. The challenge seems to want 0 as the final "sum" of the array, even when the array is empty. But you cannot reduce an empty array - what else can I do here?
EDIT: Tried adding initial value to the reduce method:
function partsSums(ls) {
let arrayOfSums = [];
while(ls.length > 0) {
let sum = ls.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
arrayOfSums.push(sum);
ls.shift();
}
return arrayOfSums;
}
Unfortunately this still fails the basic test :
expected [] to deeply equal [ 0 ]
The addition assignment operator ( += ) adds the value of the right operand to a variable and assigns the result to the variable. The types of the two operands determine the behavior of the addition assignment operator.
Another solution that passed all of the tests:
function partsSums(ls) {
let result = [0],
l = ls.length - 1;
for (let i = l; i >= 0; i--) {
result.push(ls[i] + result[ l - i]);
}
return result.reverse();
}
console.log(partsSums([]));
console.log(partsSums([0, 1, 3, 6, 10]));
console.log(partsSums([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]));
console.log(partsSums([744125, 935, 407, 454, 430, 90, 144, 6710213, 889, 810, 2579358]));
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