finished toPounds exercise

Author: marscancode

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(pence) {
+  //Declare penceString variable
+  let penceString = pence;
+  // Store penceString value with pence on the end and make sure its at least 3 characters long add 0 at start if needed.
+  let penceStringWithoutTrailingP = penceString
+    .substring(0, penceString.length - 1)
+    .padStart(3, "0");
+  // copy everything apart from the last two characters
+  let poundsResult = penceStringWithoutTrailingP.substring(
+    0,
+    penceStringWithoutTrailingP.length - 2,
+  );
+  // start at  the last two characters and take everything from there to end and make sure that value is two characters long add 0 if needed
+  let penceResult = penceStringWithoutTrailingP
+    .substring(penceStringWithoutTrailingP.length - 2)
+    .padEnd(2, "0");
+  // return result of poundResult and penceResult in a template string
+  return `£${poundsResult}.${penceResult}`;
+}
+//call function to see if works with different inputs
+console.log(toPounds("399p"));
+console.log(toPounds("1000p"));
+console.log(toPounds("15000p"));