Discussion on: Unconditional Challenge: FizzBuzz without `if`

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Do you consider something like this cheating, because it builds on filter, a built-in, to handle the conditional logic?

const isFizz = n => n % 3 === 0
const isBuzz = n => n % 5 === 0
const complement = f => x => !(f (x))

const fizzbuzz = n => {
  const fizz = [n].filter(isFizz).map(_ => 'Fizz')
  const buzz = [n].filter(isBuzz).map(_ => 'Buzz')
  const num = [n].filter(complement(isFizz)).filter(complement(isBuzz)).map(String)
  return `${fizz.join('')}${buzz.join('')}${num.join('')}`
}

Nathan Kallman • Jun 15 '20

Clever! I'll accept it for the normal challenge :)

If you want hard mode though, I think you'll have to show an implementation of .filter that doesn't use if, ?:, ||, &&, ?., or ??. (I'll allow .reduce to be used though, as well as .map)

Well done, thanks for commenting!

Aldwin Vlasblom • Jun 15 '20 • Edited

Okay, well, my next solution is probably not what you were expecting. It builds on the idea that a boolean can be used as a number. I think it meets the hardcore requirements.

const isFizz = n => n % 3 === 0
const isBuzz = n => n % 5 === 0
const isNeither = n => !isFizz(n) && !isBuzz(n)

// the magic:
const optional = (f, x) => Array(Number(f(x))).fill(x)

const fizzbuzz = n => {
  const fizz = optional(isFizz, n).map(_ => 'Fizz')
  const buzz = optional(isBuzz, n).map(_ => 'Buzz')
  const num = optional(isNeither, n).map(String)
  return `${fizz.join('')}${buzz.join('')}${num.join('')}`
}

Nathan Kallman • Jun 15 '20

Very nice! I think you have met the hardcore requirements.

And I think slightly less code than my functional solution will be, well done!