Discussion on: Understanding js reduce with Roman Numerals

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This supposed to be easy? Anyway thanks for your time and effort.

Hi Hélio, thanks for the feedback

I had not yet qualified its difficulty thing, if it appears as 'easy' it is probably a default value when you don't say otherwise (what number would you suggest on the dev.to scale?).

In this case I would love to know what parts you find less accessible and try to go over them and improve/clarify on this post or on another.

This is a format experiment that benefits/assumes the reading of other materials. It is sure more daunting, but I hoped that it allows to combine several concepts together and see the interactions.

Did you read the linked materials?

If yes: were they unhelpful?
If not: what deterred you from it? Is it discouraging to refer to other sources?

Cheers!

Hélio oliveira • Sep 10 '19

I give a overall look, and by the title, the content made confuse. Then I started reading and probably found something long and confuse to me. But as I said, I really appreciate your effort and hope this article help others.

Oinak • Sep 10 '19

Yep, probably the title is misleading, because the content covers more concepts than just reduce and roman numerals, but I am guilty of trying to have a catchy headline, and also afraid that a thoroughly descriptive title could sound boring.

I am sorry it did not serve you well and grateful for your kind comments despite your disappointment.

Danny Engelman • Dec 25 '21

It can be made easier to read:

const romanToArabic = (input) => [...input].reduceRight((
  acc,
  letter,
  idx,
  arr,
  value = {m:1000, d:500, c:100, l:50, x:10, v:5, i:1}[letter.toLowerCase()],
  doubleSubtraction = letter == arr[idx + 1] // ignore IIX notation
 ) => {
  if (value < acc.high && !doubleSubtraction) { 
    acc.Arabic -= value;
  } else {
    acc.high = value;
    acc.Arabic += value;
  }
  console.log(idx, letter, acc, 'value:', value, acc.high, arr[idx + 1]);
  return acc;
}, { high: 0, Arabic: 0 }).Arabic; // return Arabic value