created a function that converts pence in to pounds

Author: alexandru-pocovnicu

Sprint-2/3-mandatory-implement/3-to-pounds.js

@@ -4,3 +4,23 @@
 // You will need to declare a function called toPounds with an appropriately named parameter.
 
 // You should call this function a number of times to check it works for different inputs
+//const penceString = "399p";
+function toPounds(penceString) {
+  const penceStringWithoutTrailingP = penceString.substring(
+    0,
+    penceString.length - 1
+  );
+  const paddedPenceNumberString = penceStringWithoutTrailingP.padStart(3, "0");
+  const pounds = paddedPenceNumberString.substring(
+    0,
+    paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2
+  );
+  const pence = paddedPenceNumberString
+    .substring(paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2)
+    .padEnd(2, "0");
+  return `${pounds}.${pence}`;
+}
+console.log(toPounds("399p"));
+console.log(toPounds("23354p"));
+console.log(toPounds("39p"));
+console.log(toPounds("9p"));