3-to-pounds

Author: enjoy15

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

@@ -4,3 +4,40 @@
 // 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";
+
+// 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");
+
+
+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"));
+
+// This program takes a string representing a price in pence
+// The program then builds up a string representing the price in pounds
+
+// You need to do a step-by-step breakdown of each line in this program
+// Try and describe the purpose / rationale behind each step
+
+// To begin, we can start with
+// 1. const penceString = "399p": initialises a string variable with the value "399p"