Fork, clone, branch (practice) and npm install
- Practice with functions, lists (arrays), and dictionaries (object literal).
- You may submit a pull request for this practice, but it is not required.
- Create a function in
lib/mbta.js
to calculate the number of stops between stations on the "MBTA". Write additional functions used by this function as needed. - The function takes the line and stop that a rider is getting on at and the line and stop that a rider is getting off at and returns the total number of stops for the trip.
There are 3 subway lines:
- The Red line has the following stops: South Station, Park Street, Kendall, Central, Harvard, Porter, Davis, Alewife
- The Green line has the following stops: Government Center, Park Street, Boylston, Arlington, Copley, Hynes, Kenmore
- The Orange line has the following stops: North Station, Haymarket, Park Street, State, Downtown Crossing, Chinatown, Back Bay, Forest Hills
- All 3 subway lines intersect at Park Street, but there are no other intersection points. Some of this MBTA is fictionalized.
Run grunt test
.
- Assume good input. Your function need not check the validity of the line or stop.
- Consider diagramming the lines by sketching out the subway lines and their stops and intersection.
- Subway lines are keys in a dictionary (object literal), while the values are a list (array) of all the stops on each line.
- The key to the practice is to find the intersection of the lines at Park Street.
- Solve an easier problem first.
Think about adding Haymarket before Government Center on the Green line then try to find a solution when there are multiple intersections. Is there a way to decide if a particular solution is "correct"?
This bonus is completely optional and does not have tests, yet.
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