export function hey(message) {
const speech = message.trim();
if (speech == '') {
return 'Fine. Be that way!';
}
const isQuestion = speech.endsWith('?');
const isShout = /[A-Z]{1}/.test(speech) && speech == speech.toUpperCase();
switch (true) {
case isQuestion && isShout:
return "Calm down, I know what I'm doing!";
case isShout:
return 'Whoa, chill out!';
case isQuestion:
return 'Sure.';
default:
return 'Whatever.';
}
}
In this approach you use a switch
statement to test if there is a question or a shout.
The switch
returns the right response for a question, shout, shouted question, or for not being a shout or question.
The String
trimEnd method is applied to the input to eliminate any whitespace at the end of the input.
If the string has no characters left, it returns the response for saying nothing.
Note that a null
or undefined
String
would be different from a String
of all whitespace.
A null
or undefined
String
would raise a TypeError
if trimEnd
were applied to it.
The first half of the shout condition
/[A-Z]{1}/.test(speech);
is constructed from a regular expression pattern to ensure there is at least one uppercase letter character in the String
.
This is because the second half of the condition tests that the uppercased input is the same as the input.
If the input were only "123"
it would equal itself uppercased, but without letters it would not be a shout.
The uppercasing is done by using the String
method toUpperCase.
The isQuestion
and isShout
values are tested in a switch
.
If neither isQuestion
and isShout
are true
, the default
arm of the switch
returns the response when the input is neither a question nor a shout.
Shortening
Note that when the body of an if
statement is a short single line, both the test expression and the body could be put on the same line, like so
if (input == '') return 'Fine. Be that way!';
It may not comply with some coding styles, but your team preferences may allow it.