converting the function into reusable toPounds function

Author: anitahy73

Sprint-2/3-mandatory-interpret/3-to-pounds.js

@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ const penceString = "399p";
 
 const penceStringWithoutTrailingP = penceString.substring(
   0,
-  penceString.length - 1
+  penceString.length - 1,
 );
 
 const paddedPenceNumberString = penceStringWithoutTrailingP.padStart(3, "0");
 const pounds = paddedPenceNumberString.substring(
   0,
-  paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2
+  paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2,
 );
 
 const pence = paddedPenceNumberString

Sprint-3/3-mandatory-implement/3-to-pounds.js

@@ -4,3 +4,27 @@
 // You will need to declare a function called toPounds with an appropriately named parameter.
 
 // You should call this function a number of times to check it works for different inputs
+function toPounds(penceString) {
+  const penceStringWithoutTrailingP = penceString.substring(
+    0,
+    penceString.length - 1,
+  );
+
+  const paddedPenceNumberString = penceStringWithoutTrailingP.padStart(3, "0");
+
+  const pounds = paddedPenceNumberString.substring(
+    0,
+    paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2,
+  );
+
+  const pence = paddedPenceNumberString
+    .substring(paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2)
+    .padEnd(2, "0");
+
+  return `£${pounds}.${pence}`;
+}
+
+console.log(toPounds("399p"));
+console.log(toPounds("250p"));
+console.log(toPounds("99p"));
+console.log(toPounds("5p"));