Great job getting through the first set of problems! It's time to practice a bit with some slightly more challenging problems to make sure you're ready for our technical interview.
To best prepare for the final stage of the Rithm School interview, make sure that you can solve each of these functions. You can also download a zip file with all of these functions and an HTML file that you can open to run automated tests to ensure you have solved the problem correctly.
Download a zip file containing tests and practice problems here
The steps to run the tests are exactly the same as the previous section.
Once you download the zip file containing the tests and practice problems, unzip the file and take a look at the contents of the folder. You will see that there is a JavaScript file for each problem that you need to solve.
You will also see that there is a readme.md file which contains instructions for each problem (you can also find these instructions below).
To make sure that you have solved each problem correctly, there is a file called tests.js which contain automated tests that will let you know if your solution is correct. Do not modify any code inside here, you do not need to write any tests yourself! To run these tests, open up the index.html file in a browser and when you do, you will see a series of red Xs which indicate that tests are failing.
When you open the index.html file, we recommend you click on the Spec List so that you can see each function and the tests associated with it. From there, you can click on an individual function to see only the tests for that specific function.
Once you have solved the problem correctly, the tests will pass and you will see green text instead of red.
We also recommend clicking on the Options button and unchecking the box for "run tests in random order".
Each of the tests check the example input and output that we provide for each problem, so if a test is failing, try the examples we provide for each function to make sure they are all working.
Before continuing to the list of problems, it's essential you develop some good habits around programming and practicing problem solving.
- Don't start coding right away, take some time to write down your thoughts and problem solving process
- Do not look at the solution before solving the problem!
- Make sure to run the tests for each practice problem.
Write a function called calculateMonthlyOrders that accepts an array of objects. Each object has one or more properties for months in the year and those properties each have a value which is a number. The function should return the sum of all the values of all the properties in all the objects.
Examples:
let orders = [{
February: 1,
March: 2,
April: 2
},
{
April: 1,
May: 2,
June: 2
}]
calculateMonthlyOrders(orders) // 10;
let orders = [{
January: 100,
February: 200,
March: 300,
April: 400,
May: 500,
June: 600,
July: 700,
August: 800,
September: 900,
October: 1000,
November: 1100,
December: 1200,
},
{
January: 200,
February: 300,
March: 400,
April: 500,
May: 600,
June: 700,
July: 800,
August: 900,
September: 1000,
October: 1100,
November: 1200,
December: 1300,
}];
calculateMonthlyOrders(orders); // 16800Write a function called collectOddsAndEvens that accepts an array of positive integers and returns an object with the count of odd numbers and the count of even numbers. The keys in the object should be "odd" and "even".
Examples:
collectOddsAndEvens([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
// { odd: 5, even: 4, });
collectOddsAndEvens([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]);
// { odd: 5, even: 5, });
collectOddsAndEvens([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]);
// { odd: 6, even: 5,});
collectOddsAndEvens([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]);
// { odd: 6, even: 6 });
collectOddsAndEvens([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]);
// { odd: 7, even: 6 });
collectOddsAndEvens([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]);
// { odd: 7, even: 7 });
collectOddsAndEvens([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]);
// { odd: 8, even: 7 });
collectOddsAndEvens([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]);
// { odd: 8, even: 8 });Write a function called countIfHasValue which accepts an object where all of the values are arrays. It also accepts a numeric value that is being searched for. The function should return the number of arrays in which the searched-for value appears.
Examples:
let obj = {
a: [1, 10, 3],
b: [4, 1, 7],
c: [7, 7, 7],
d: [10, 7, 12]
};
countIfHasValue(obj, 1) // 2
countIfHasValue(obj, 7) // 3
countIfHasValue(obj, 10 // 1
countIfHasValue(obj, 13 // 0Write a function called countValidNumsInString which counts the number of valid numbers in a string.
Examples:
countValidNumsInString("") // 0
countValidNumsInString("1") // 1
countValidNumsInString("12") // 2
countValidNumsInString("12abc3") // 3
countValidNumsInString("1s2d3dsadas4") // 4
countValidNumsInString("512,3,4!?!") // 5
countValidNumsInString("123456") // 6Write a function called divideObject that accepts an object where the values are either strings or numbers. The function should return an array of arrays. The first subarray should contain a total of all of the numbers and the second subarray should contain a number which is the total of all the characters of all the strings.
Examples:
divideObject({
first: "hi",
second: "hello",
third: "hey",
fourth: 2,
fifth: "fun",
sixth: 10,
})
// [ [12], [13] ]Write a function called findFirstAndLastIndex that should accept an array and a number and return a new array where the first index is the index where that number is first found and the second index is the index where that number is last found. If the number does not exist at least twice, the function should return -1
Examples:
findFirstAndLastIndex([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 3) // -1
findFirstAndLastIndex([1, 2, 2, 2, 5], 12) // -1
findFirstAndLastIndex([1, 2, 2, 2, 5], 2) // [1, 3]Write a function called findFirstMove. This function accepts an array of arrays of moves and a move. It should return an array with the index of the first move in the array of arrays of moves. If the move is not present in the moves array, the function should return -1.
Examples:
let moves = [
["a", "b", "c"],
["d", "a", "f"],
["g", "h", "h"],
];
findFirstMove(moves, "a"); // [0, 0]
findFirstMove(moves, "h"); // [2, 1]
findFirstMove(moves, "z"); // -1Write a function called findHighestPriorityTodo which accepts an array of objects, each of which has a 'priority' property as well as a 'task' property. The function should return an array where the first index is the name of the highest priority task and the second index is the priority rating of that same task.
Examples:
let todos = [{
task: "Eat",
priority: 18,
},
{
task: "Sleep",
priority: 22,
},
{
task: "Solve problems",
priority: 17,
}];
findHighestPriorityTodo(todos); // ["Sleep", 22]
let todos = [{
task: "Task 1",
priority: 1,
},
{
task: "Task 2",
priority: 2,
},
{
task: "Task 3",
priority: 3,
}];
findHighestPriorityTodo(todos); // ["Task 3", 3]Write a function called inMatrix which accepts an array of arrays and a value. The function should return true if that value is in the matrix, and false if it is not.
Examples:
let matrix = [
[1, 2, 3],
[4, 5, 6],
[7, 8, 9],
];
inMatrix(matrix, 5) // true
inMatrix(matrix, 8) // true
inMatrix(matrix, 10) // falseWrite a function called replaceAfter that accepts an array and an index. It should remove two elements starting at that index and add the strings "Hello", "world" in their places. The function should return the altered array.
Examples:
replaceAfter(["1", "2", "a", "b", "3", "4"], 2)
// ["1", "2", "Hello", "world", "3", "4"]
replaceAfter(["a", "b", "c"], 0)
// ["Hello", "world", "c"]Write a function called reverseValues, which accepts an array of numbers, and iterates through it. As it traverses the array, if the value encountered is an even number, skip it AND skip the next two numbers, as well. Anything that isn't skipped should be added to a new array, which has all non-skipped numbers in reverse order of the original array. Return this new array.
Examples:
reverseValues([1, 1, 3, 3, 2]) // [3, 3, 1, 1]
reverseValues([1, 3, 5, 7]) // [7, 5, 3, 1]
reverseValues([1, 3, 4, 7]) // [3, 1]
reverseValues([11, 13, 15, 20, 1, 1]) // [15, 13, 11]
reverseValues([4, 5, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1]) // [1]
reverseValues([2, 2, 2]) // []Write a function called robotInstructions which accepts an array of moves. The options for the moves are "U", "D", "L", "R". The function should return an object with one key for each move with their values being the total number of times each move appears.
Examples:
robotInstructions(["U", "D", "L", "R"])
// { "U": 1, "D": 1, "L": 1, "R": 1 })
robotInstructions(
["U", "D", "L", "R", "U", "D", "L", "R", "U", "D", "L", "R"]
)
// { "U": 3, "D": 3, "L": 3, "R": 3 })Write a function called scheduleCheck which accepts two objects which have a key for each day of the week and a value that is either true or false. The function should return the number of days of the week that both objects have a value of true for.
Examples:
let schedule1 = {
Monday: true,
Tuesday: true,
Wednesday: true,
Thursday: true,
Friday: true,
Saturday: true,
Sunday: true,
};
let schedule2 = {
Monday: true,
Tuesday: true,
Wednesday: true,
Thursday: true,
Friday: true,
Saturday: true,
Sunday: true,
};
scheduleCheck(schedule1, schedule2) // 7;
let schedule1 = {
Monday: true,
Tuesday: true,
Wednesday: true,
Thursday: true,
Friday: true,
Saturday: true,
Sunday: true,
};
let schedule2 = {
Monday: true,
Tuesday: true,
Wednesday: true,
Thursday: true,
Friday: true,
Saturday: false,
Sunday: true,
};
scheduleCheck(schedule1, schedule2) // 6;Write a function called separateLanguages which which takes an array of strings and returns an object with the following keys: "python", "javascript", "other". The values for the keys of "python" and "javascript" should be the number of times those strings appear. The value of "other" should be an array of all of the other values in the array.
Examples:
separateLanguages(["python", "python", "python", "javascript", "c++"])
/*
{
python: 3,
javascript: 1,
other: ["c++"],
}
*/
})
separateLanguages(["python", "python", "spanish", "javascript"])
/*
python: 2,
javascript: 1,
other: ["spanish"],
}
*/
separateLanguages(["greek", "french", "yoruba", "python"])
/*
{
python: 1,
javascript: 0,
other: ["greek", "french", "yoruba"],
}
*/Write a function called skipVowels that accepts a string an returns an array. The function should iterate through the string and if it encounters a vowel, it should skip the current character and the next character. Otherwise, it should add that current character to the array.
Examples:
skipVowels("hello") // ["h", "l"]
skipVowels("much fun") // ["m", "h", " ", "f"]
skipVowels("aaaa") // []