Chapter 2 Exercises

just_marcup · February 16, 2019, 4:55pm

Hey, I also struggle a little to work through the ChessBoard, what caught me off was that we had to be able to make is any size. I first had it down in a moment but then had to redo the entire code to meet this request. The examples you provide are static and wont be able requesting the computer to “build” the board, instead you are doing the work for the computer. There are much better examples than mine, but they are not transparent so it’s not easy to see how the computer creates the lines.

Nadrojz · February 17, 2019, 5:23pm

Help with Chessboard, almost got it

Hello guys, this is my chessboard code, to the eye on a webpage it almost seems fine but when I compare it to someone else’s I find I have too many spaces in places I shouldn’t(ie start of line). Can someone explain what is wrong with it and how to correct ? I’d prefer HTML over java console.
Thanks !

var grid = 8;
var toPrint="#";

for (var row = 0; row < grid; row++) {
if (row % 2 == 0){
document.write("&nbsp");
}
for(var col = 0; col < grid; col++){
if (col % 2 == 0){
document.write("&nbsp");
}
if (col % 2 ==0){
document.write(toPrint);
}
}
document.write("<br>");
}

just_marcup · February 20, 2019, 2:31pm

Hey, well I took a quick look at your code, I substituted the &nbsp with a defined " " space and I got this below. So there is something going on with the &nbsp. Now you need to flip it around so that you can create a checkboard. I used a boolean statement to flip them.

04%20AM

aashishn · February 21, 2019, 4:52am

Triangle Loop

Great Website

LordEvil · February 25, 2019, 10:56am

Triangle
for (i = 1; i < 8; i++) { console.log("#".repeat(i)) }

FizzBuzz
for (i = 1; i < 101; i++) { if ((i % 3) === 0 && (i % 5) === 0) { console.log(“FizzBuzz”) } else if ((i % 3) === 0) { console.log(“Fizz”); } else if ((i % 5) === 0) { console.log(“Buzz”); } else { console.log(i); } }
Chessboard
var board = 8 for (i = 0; i < board/2; i++) { if(i & 1) { //when i is odd console.log(" #".repeat(board/2)); } else { //when i is even console.log("# ".repeat(board/2)); } }

jsizzle · March 2, 2019, 7:14am

Triangle:
var toPrint = “#”;
for(var count = 0; count <= 7; count++) {
console.log(toPrint);
toPrint += “#”;
}

Fizzbuzz:
for(var count = 1; count <= 100; count++) {
if(count % 3 == 0 && count %5 == 0) {
console.log(“FizzBuzz”);
} else if (count % 3 == 0) {
console.log(“Fizz”);
} else if (count % 5 == 0) {
console.log(“Buzz”);
} else {
console.log(count);
}
}

Chessboard:
var board = 8

for (i = 0; i < board; i++) {
if(i % 2 == 1) {
console.log(" #".repeat(board/2));
}
else {
console.log("# ".repeat(board/2));
}
}

Raffaele · March 14, 2019, 10:32am

Looping a triangle

var rowString = "#";
      for (var i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
        console.log(rowString);
        rowString+="#";
      }

FizzBuzz

for (var i = 1; i < 101; i++) {
        if ( (i % 3) == 0 ) {
          if ( (i % 5) == 0 ) {
            console.log("FizzBuzz");
          }
          else {
            console.log("Fizz");
          }
        }
        else {
          if ( (i % 5) == 0 ) {
            console.log("Buzz");
          }
          else {
            console.log(i);
          }
        }
      }

Chessboard

      var rowOne = "";
      var rowTwo = "";

      for (var n = 0; n < size; n++) {
        if ( n % 2 == 0 ) {
          rowOne += " ";
          rowTwo += "#";
        }
        else {
          rowOne += "#";
          rowTwo += " ";
        }
      }

      for (var i = 0; i < size; i++) {
        if (i % 2 == 0) {
          console.log(rowOne);
        }
        else {
          console.log(rowTwo);
        }
      }

FoxyJackal · March 14, 2019, 1:36pm

Looping a Triangle:

var num_rows = 7;

       for(var row = 0; row < num_rows; row++){
         var toPrint = "#";

         for(var column = 0; column < row; column++){
             toPrint += "#";
         }
           console.log(toPrint)
       }

FizzBuzz

for(var counter = 0; counter<100; counter=counter+1){
if(counter % 3 == 0){console.log(“Fizz”);}
else{console.log(counter)};
if(counter % 5 == 0){console.log(“Buzz”);}
else{console.log(counter)};
if(counter % 5 == 0 && 3 == 0){console.log(“FizzBuzz”);}
else{console.log(counter)};
}
Chessboard

var num_rows = 8;

      for(var row = 0; row < num_rows; row++){

        if(row % 2 == 0){console.log(" # # # #");}
        else(console.log("# # # #"));

      }

ProfessorHODL · March 15, 2019, 6:26pm

I program so hard.

"This is the FizzBuzz assignment."

//exercise code written here, for the ivanOnTechProgrammingSquad

for (var hodl = 1; hodl < 101; hodl++) {
if ((hodl % 3 == 0) && (hodl % 5 == 0)) {
document.write("

FizzBuzz

");
}
else if (hodl % 3 == 0) {
document.write("

Fizz

“);
}
else if (hodl % 5 == 0) {
document.write(“

Buzz

“);
}
else {
document.write(”

”+ hodl +”

");
}
}

  </script>

or:
for (var hodl = 0; hodl <= 100; hodl++) {
if ((hodl % 3 == 0) && (hodl % 5 == 0)) {
console.log("FizzBuzz ");
}
else if (hodl % 3 == 0) {
console.log(“Fizz”);
}
else if (hodl % 5 == 0) {
console.log(“Buzz”);
}
else {
console.log(hodl);
}
}
Chessboard Assignment

JustInTime · March 17, 2019, 6:53pm

Looping Triangle

var overall_rows = 7;
for(var row = 0; row<overall_rows; row++) {
  var toPrint = "#";
  for (var column = 0; column < row; column++) {
    toPrint += "#";
  }
  console.log(toPrint);
}

Fizz Buzz

for (let n = 1; n <= 100; n++) {
  let output = "";
  if (n % 3 == 0) output += "Fizz";
  if (n % 5 == 0) output += "Buzz";
  if (output == "") {
    console.log(n)
  }
  else {
    console.log(output);
  }
}

Chess Board

var size = 8;

var overall_rows = size;
for (var row = 1; row <= overall_rows; row++) {
  var space = "";
  if (row % 2 != 0) {
    for (var column = 1; column <= size; ) {
      space += " ";
      column++;
      space += "#";
      column++;
    }
  }
  else{
    for (var column = 1; column <= size; ) {
      space += "#";
      column++;
      space += " ";
      column++;
    }
  }
  console.log(space);
}

marsrvr · March 19, 2019, 11:47pm

Triangle
I saw the book solution and thought it was cute. Obviously I can’t just post that here as my own work so I made a recursive version, despite what the book says about recursion overhead.
GitHub Gist

FizzBuzz
This one I’ve seen a few times in C, C++, Pascal, Fortran, and whatnot. I’m bored with the problem so I just brute-forced it, no attempt at elegance. There’s going to be a dangling condition, no matter how you try to slice the decision tree.
GitHub Gist

Chessboard
The elegant twist in the middle of this one is the use of (row + col) % 2 == 0 for switching colors. Otherwise it’s brute nested for-loop traversal of a 2D array. In Matlab this would have been a one-line dynamic indexing demo.
GitHub Gist

25thfret · March 22, 2019, 11:12pm

My solutions were hard to resolve but here they are. I left my notes in the exercise for posterity.

First Hash Grid

How to Use a FOR Loop

    </head>


    <script>

// Javascript comments are coded differently than HTML comments
// JS comments begin with “//”
// All Javascript must be coded inside the script tag.
// NO HTML TAGS are allowed inside the script tag

// First example of a FOR loop prints a 7 line array of increasing hashes
/* Looks like this:

#######

*/

            for (let answer = "#"; answer.length < 8; answer += "#")
            console.log(answer); 


       </script>
    <body>

2. FizzBuzz - This one was really fun. I ended up peeking at the answer. FizzBuzz Website

    <script>

/* This routine outputs numbers 1 to 100 and replaces numbers divisible by 3 with"Fizz"
and numbers divisible by 5 with “Buzz” and numbers divisible by BOTH with “FizzBuzz”
*/

for (let n = 1; n <= 100; n++) {
let output = “”;
if (n % 3 == 0) output += “Fizz”;
if (n % 5 == 0) output += “Buzz”;
document.write(output || n);document.write("
");
console.log(output || n);

}


       </script>
    <body>
<h1>This is the Fizzbuzz exercise</h1>

3. Checkerboard - I am really going to need to review this. Hashtag Checkerboard

Hashtag Checkerboard

msofley · March 23, 2019, 11:05pm

Looping a Triangle

    var loopsize = 7;
    for(var count = 0; count < loopsize; count++){
      var text = "#";
      for(var count1 = 0; count1<count; count1++){
        text = text + "#";
      }
      document.write(text + "<br />");
    }

FizzBuzz

    for(var fizzcount = 1; fizzcount <=100; fizzcount++){
      if(fizzcount % 5 == 0 && fizzcount % 3 == 0) {
        document.write("FizzBuzz <br />");
      }
      else if (fizzcount % 5 == 0) {
        document.write("Buzz <br />");
      }
      else if (fizzcount % 3 == 0) {
        document.write("Fizz <br />");
      }
      else{
        document.write(fizzcount + "<br />");
      }
    }

Chessboard

    var number = prompt("Enter Grid Size");
    var isodd = true;
    for(var rowCount = 0; rowCount < number; rowCount++){
      for(var columnCount = 0; columnCount < number; columnCount++){
        if(isodd == false) {
          document.write("-");
          isodd = true;
        }
        else {
          document.write("#");
          isodd = false;
        }
      }
      document.write("<br />");
      isodd = !isodd;
    }

bdjos · March 23, 2019, 11:36pm

Looping a triangle

let output = '';

for (let i=0; i < 7; i++) {
   output = output + '#';
   console.log(output);  
}

Fizzbuzz

for (let i=0; i < 100; i++) {
 if (i % 3 == 0 && i % 5 == 0) {
    console.log("FizzBuzz");
  }
  else if (i % 3 == 0) {
    console.log("Fizz");
  } else if (i % 5 == 0) {
    console.log("Buzz");
  } else {
    console.log(i);
  }
}

Chessboard

const girdDimension = 8;
let evenGridRow = '';
let oddGridRow = '';

for (let i =0; i < girdDimension; i++) {
  if (i % 2 == 0) {
    evenGridRow = evenGridRow + ' ';
    oddGridRow = oddGridRow + '#';
  } else {
    evenGridRow = evenGridRow + '#';
    oddGridRow = oddGridRow + ' ';
  }
}

 evenGridRow = evenGridRow + '\n';
 oddGridRow = oddGridRow + '\n';

for (let i =0; i < girdDimension; i++) {
  if (i % 2 == 0) {
    console.log(evenGridRow);
  } else {
    console.log(oddGridRow); 
  }
}

Sgtcrypto · April 12, 2019, 4:00pm

Triangle Loop
var num_rows = 7;
for(var row = 0; row < num_rows; row++){
var toPrint = “#”;
for(var column =0; column<row; column++){
toPrint += “#”;
}
document.write(toPrint + “
”);
}

Fizz Buzz
for(var i = 1; i <= 100; i ++){

          var output = "";

          if( i % 3 == 0) { output += "Fizz"; }
          if( i % 5 == 0) { output += "Buzz"; }

          if(output == "") { output = i; 
          }


          console.log(output);

        }

Chess Board
var size = 8;
var board = “”;
for (var y = 0; y < size; y++) {
for (var x = 0; x < size; x++) {
if ((x + y) % 2 == 0)
board += " ";
else
board += “#”;
}
board += “
”;
}
document.write(board);

Guy · April 17, 2019, 1:15pm

1.Triangle Loop:

toPrintb=""
for (var rowb =0;rowb < 7;rowb++) {
toPrintb+="#"
console.log (toPrintb);
}

2.FizzBuzz

var y=“Fizz”;
var z=“Buzz”;
var yz= “Fizzbuzz”;
var counter = 0;
var x = 0;

while (counter <= 100)
{console.log (x);
counter++
if (counter%3==0)
{x = y;
}else if (counter%5==0){x=z;
}else
{x=counter
}
if(counter%5==0 && counter%3==0)
{x=yz
}
}

3.Chess Board

var ra="";
var rb="";
var rc="";
size=8
for (var cc= 0;cc< size; cc++)
{ ra+="# " ;
rb+=" #" ;}

for( var concc=1;concc<=size; concc++)
{ if (concc%2!=0)
{rc=(rb); }
else {rc=ra}
console.log(rc);
}

emacsfreeman · April 27, 2019, 5:43am

Exercise 1: Triangles

// Version 1 : "naive" version with 2 variables
let nbHashTag = 0; 
let string = "";
while (nbHashTag < 7)
{
  string += '#';
  console.log(string);
  nbHashTag += 1;
}

// Version 2 : "elegant" version with a property
let string = "";
while (string.length < 7)
{
  string += '#';
  console.log(string);
}

Exercise 2: FizzBuzz

for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) 
{
  if (i % 3 == 0 && i % 5 != 0) 
  {
    console.log('Fizz because i = ' + i + ' so i % 3 == 0 AND i % 5 != 0');
  }
  else if (i % 3 != 0 && i % 5 == 0) 
  {
    console.log('Buzz because i = ' + i + ' so i % 5 == 0 AND i % 3 != 0');
  }
  else if (i % 15 == 0) 
  {
    console.log('FizzBuzz because i = ' + i + ' so i % 15 == 0');
  }
}

Exercise 3: Chessboard

// Version 1 : for the chessBoard
let size = 8;
for (let x = 0; x < size; x++) 
{
    let string = "";
    for (let y = 0; y < size; y++) 
    {
        if ((x + y) % 2 == 0) 
        {
            string += " ";
        }
        else if ((x + y) % 2 == 1)
        {
            string += "#";
        }
    }
    console.log(string + "\n");
}

// Version 2 : for any grid
let length = 6;
let width = 12;
for (let x = 0; x < length; x++) 
{
    let string = "";
    for (let y = 0; y < width; y++) 
    {
        if ((x + y) % 2 == 0) 
        {
            string += " ";
        }
        else if ((x + y) % 2 == 1)
        {
            string += "#";
        }
    }
    console.log(string + "\n");
}

Paultier · May 6, 2019, 6:19pm

Exercises Chapter 2

Looping a Triangle

  counter = 1;
  hashtag = "#";

  while (counter < 8) {
    console.log(hashtag)
    hashtag += "#"
    counter += 1
  }

FizzBuzz

let number = 0;

  while(number < 101){
    number +=1;
    if (number % 3 == 0 && number % 5 == 0) {
      console.log("FIZZBUSS");
    }
    else if (number % 3 == 0) {
      console.log("Fuzz");
    }
    else if (number % 5 == 0 &! number % 3 == 0){
      console.log("Buzz");
    }
    else {
      console.log(number);
    }

  }

Chessboard

var size = 4;
var odd = "";
var even = "";

  for(column = 0; column < size; column++){
    odd += "# ";
    even += " #";
  }
  for(row = 0; row < size; row++){
    console.log(odd);
    console.log(even);
  }

csh2000 · June 19, 2019, 9:07pm

// Looping a triangle

var num_rows = 8
for(var row=0; row < num_rows; row++) {
var toPrint = “#”;

for(var colum = 0; colum<row; colum++){
toPrint += “#”;
}
console.log(toPrint);
}

// FIZZ & Buzz

for (let n = 1; n <= 100; n++) {
let output = “”;
if (n % 3 == 0) output += “Fizz”;
if (n % 5 == 0) output += “Buzz”;
console.log(output || n);
}

// CHESSBOARD

let size = 8;

let board = “”;

for (let y = 0; y < size; y++) {
for (let x = 0; x < size; x++) {
if ((x + y) % 2 == 0) {
board += " ";
} else {
board += “#”;
}
}
board += “\n”;
}

console.log(board);

DGC_Soulja · July 10, 2019, 10:17pm

Looping a Triangle
counter = 1;
hashtag = “#”;

while (counter < 8) {
console.log(hashtag)
hashtag += “#”
counter += 1
}
2. FizzBuzz
for(var count=1;count <= 100;count++)
{
if(count % 3 ==0)
{console.log(“Fizz”);
}else if(count % 5 ==0){
console.log(“Buzz”);
}else{
console.log(count);}}
3.Chessboard
var board=8
for(var n=1;n<=board;n++){
if(n % 2==1){
console.log("# “.repeat(board/2));
}
else{
console.log(”# ".repeat(board/2));
}
}