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Solutions: Object Oriented JavaScript: 3. Functions


Chapter 3: Functions

1. Write a function that converts a hexadecimal color, for example blue "#0000FF", into its RGB representation "rgb(0,0,255)". Name your function getRGB() and this it with this code:
  var a = getRGB("#00FF00");
  a;       
  rgb(0,255,0)

  //Simple logic for getRgb()  
  var getRGB = function f(hexColor) {
    var result = "rgb(";   
    result += parseInt("0x"+hexColor[1]+hexColor[2]) + ", ";
    result += parseInt("0x"+hexColor[3]+hexColor[4]) + ", ";
    result += parseInt("0x"+hexColor[5]+hexColor[6]) + ")";
    return result;
  }    

  >> getRGB("#0000FF");
  "rgb(0, 0, 255)"

  >> getRGB("#00FF00");
  "rgb(0, 255, 0)"


2. What does each of these lines print in the console?

    >> parseInt(1e1)
    10    //1e1 is evaluated first

    >> parseInt('1e1')
    1  

    >> parseFloat('1e1')
    10    //parseFloat evaluates exponential in string
  
    >> isFinitie(0/10)
    true

    >> isFinite(20/0)
    false

    >> isNaN(parseInt(NaN));
    true


3. What does the following code alert()?
  >> var a = 1;
  function f() {
    var a = 2;
    function n() {
      alert(a);
    }
    n();
  }
  f();

    // It alerts 2. alert(a) has first access to the local variable a in f() which is defined as 2.

4. All these examples alert "Boo!". Can you explain why?

4.1  var f = alert; 
     eval('f("Boo!")');

f is assigned the function alert and eval executes the script in string by passing 'Boo!' as parameter.

4.2  var e;
     var f = alert;
     eval('e=f')('Boo!");
f is assigned the function alert and eval further assigns alert to e and executes the script in string by passing 'Boo!' as parameter.

4.3  (
       function() {
         return alert;
       }
     )() ('Boo!');

function() is a self invoking anonymous function that returns the method alert which is executed immediately by passing 'Boo!' as parameter.

Next: 4. Objects coming soon ...

Comments

  1. Please upload chapter 4 solutions i need it....

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  2. CHAPTER 4: Objects

    4 & 5

    function MyString(string) {
    this.length = 0;
    for (var i in string) {
    this[i] = string[i];
    this.length++;
    }
    this.toString = function() {
    return string;
    }
    this.valueOf = this.toString;
    this.charAt = function(value) {
    return this[window.isNaN(value) ? 0 : value];
    }
    this.concat = function() {
    var wynik = string;
    for (var i in arguments) {
    wynik += arguments[i];
    }
    return wynik;
    }
    this.slice = function(start,end) {
    var wynik = '';
    start = start < 0 ? this.length+start : start;
    end = end < 0 ? this.length+end : end;
    for (i=start; i<end; i++) {
    wynik+=this[i];
    }
    return wynik;
    }
    this.split = function(reg) {
    var arr=[];
    var j=0;
    for (var i in string) {
    if (this[i] == reg) {
    arr[++j]="";
    continue;
    }
    arr[j] = typeof arr[j] === "undefined" ? ""+ this[i] : arr[j] + this[i];
    if (reg == "")
    j++;
    }
    return arr;
    }
    this.reverse = function() {
    var wynik = this.split("");
    return wynik.reverse().join("");
    }
    }

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  3. 6

    function MyArray() {
    this.length = 0;
    for (var i in arguments) {
    this[i] = arguments[i];
    this.length++;
    }
    this.join = function(reg) {
    var wynik = "";
    for (var j = 0; j < this.length; j++) {
    wynik += this[j] + (j==this.length-1 ? "": reg);
    }
    return wynik;
    }
    this.toString = function() {
    return this.join(",");
    }
    this.push = function () {
    for (var k in arguments) {
    this[this.length++]= arguments[k];
    }
    return this.length;
    }
    this.pop = function() {
    delete this[--this.length];
    return "["+this.toString()+"]";
    }
    }

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  4. 7 (sorry for primitive random number generation)

    function MyMath() {
    this.rand = function(min,max,inc) {
    var w = (new Date).valueOf();
    var r = parseFloat(w.toPrecision(10));
    w = ((w - r) > 0 ? w - r : (w - r)*(-2))/999.765758678;
    if (inc !== true) {
    max-=1;
    min+=1;
    }
    var wynik = (parseInt(min) + w*(parseInt(max) - parseInt(min))).toFixed(0);
    return wynik;
    }
    this.max = function(array) {
    var maximum = -Infinity;
    for (var i in array) {
    maximum = (array[i] > maximum) ? array[i] : maximum;
    }
    return maximum;
    }
    this.min = function(array) {
    var minimum = Infinity;
    for (var i in array) {
    minimum = (array[i] < minimum) ? array[i] : minimum;
    }
    return minimum;
    }
    }

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