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Author: katedfitton

stringing-characters-together/exercises/part-one.js

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
-let num = 1001;
+let num = 1001.2;
 
 //Returns 'undefined'.
 console.log(num.length);
 
 //Use type conversion to print the length (number of digits) of an integer.
+console.log(String(num).length);
+//console.log(typeOf num);
 
 //Follow up: Print the number of digits in a DECIMAL value (e.g. num = 123.45 has 5 digits but a length of 6).
-
+console.log(String(num).length-1);
 //Experiment! What if num could be EITHER an integer or a decimal?  Add an if/else statement so your code can handle both cases.
+if (String(num).includes('.')){
+    console.log(String(num).length-1);
+}else{
+    console.log(String(num).length);
+}

stringing-characters-together/exercises/part-three.js

@@ -3,15 +3,21 @@
 let language = 'JavaScript';
 
 //1. Use string concatenation and two slice() methods to print 'JS' from 'JavaScript'
+console.log(language.slice(0,1) + language.slice(4.5));
+console.log(language.slice(4.5));
 
 //2. Without using slice(), use method chaining to accomplish the same thing.
+console.log(language.replace("Java", "J").replace("Script", "S"));
 
 //3. Use bracket notation and a template literal to print, "The abbreviation for 'JavaScript' is 'JS'."
-
+console.log(`The abbreviation for ${language} is ${language[0]}${language[4]}.`);
 //4. Just for fun, try chaining 3 or more methods together, and then print the result.
+console.log(language.toLowerCase().replace("j","q").slice(0,5));
 
 //Part Three section Two
 
 //1. Use the string methods you know to print 'Title Case' from the string 'title case'.
 
 let notTitleCase = 'title case';
+
+console.log(notTitleCase.replace("t", "T").replace("c","C"));

stringing-characters-together/exercises/part-two.js

@@ -5,28 +5,38 @@ let dna = " TCG-TAC-gaC-TAC-CGT-CAG-ACT-TAa-CcA-GTC-cAt-AGA-GCT    ";
 // First, print out the dna strand in it's current state.
 
 //1) Use the .trim() method to remove the leading and trailing whitespace, then print the result.
-
-console.log(/* Your code here. */);
+console.log(dna.trim());
 
 //2) Change all of the letters in the dna string to UPPERCASE, then print the result.
 
-console.log();
+console.log(dna.toUpperCase());
 
 //3) Note that after applying the methods above, the original, flawed string is still stored in dna. To fix this, we need to reassign the changes to back to dna.
 //Apply these fixes to your code so that console.log(dna) prints the DNA strand in UPPERCASE with no whitespace.
-
+dna = dna.trim().toUpperCase();
 console.log(dna);
 
 //Part Two Section Two
 
 let dnaTwo = "TCG-TAC-GAC-TAC-CGT-CAG-ACT-TAA-CCA-GTC-CAT-AGA-GCT";
 
 //1) Replace the gene "GCT" with "AGG", and then print the altered strand.
+dnaTwo = dna.replace("GCT", "AGG");
+console.log(dnaTwo);
 
 //2) Look for the gene "CAT" with ``indexOf()``. If found print, "CAT gene found", otherwise print, "CAT gene NOT found".
-
+if (dnaTwo.indexOf("CAT") !== (-1)){
+    console.log("CAT gene found");
+}else{
+    console.log("CAT gene not found");
+}
 //3) Use .slice() to print out the fifth gene (set of 3 characters) from the DNA strand.
+console.log(dnaTwo.slice(16,19));
 
 //4) Use a template literal to print, "The DNA strand is ___ characters long."
+console.log(`The new DNA strand is ${dnaTwo.length} characters long.`);
 
 //5) Just for fun, apply methods to ``dna`` and use another template literal to print, 'taco cat'.
+let dnaThree = dna.slice(4,7).toLowerCase(dna);
+let dnaFour = dna.slice(40,43).toLowerCase(dna);
+console.log(`${dnaThree}o ${dnaFour}`);