thekeele's solution to All Your Base on the Elixir track

Instructions

Test suite

Solution

Convert a number, represented as a sequence of digits in one base, to any other base.

Implement general base conversion. Given a number in base a, represented as a sequence of digits, convert it to base b.

Note

Try to implement the conversion yourself. Do not use something else to perform the conversion for you.

About Positional Notation

In positional notation, a number in base b can be understood as a linear combination of powers of b.

The number 42, in base 10, means:

(4 * 10^1) + (2 * 10^0)

The number 101010, in base 2, means:

(1 * 2^5) + (0 * 2^4) + (1 * 2^3) + (0 * 2^2) + (1 * 2^1) + (0 * 2^0)

The number 1120, in base 3, means:

(1 * 3^3) + (1 * 3^2) + (2 * 3^1) + (0 * 3^0)

I think you got the idea!

Yes. Those three numbers above are exactly the same. Congratulations!

Running tests

Execute the tests with:

$ mix test

Pending tests

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# @tag :pending
test "shouting" do
  assert Bob.hey("WATCH OUT!") == "Whoa, chill out!"
end

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# ExUnit.configure exclude: :pending, trace: true

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all_your_base_test.exs

defmodule AllYourBaseTest do
  use ExUnit.Case

  test "convert single bit one to decimal" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1], 2, 10) == [1]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert binary to single decimal" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1, 0, 1], 2, 10) == [5]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert single decimal to binary" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([5], 10, 2) == [1, 0, 1]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert binary to multiple decimal" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0], 2, 10) == [4, 2]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert decimal to binary" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([4, 2], 10, 2) == [1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert trinary to hexadecimal" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1, 1, 2, 0], 3, 16) == [2, 10]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert hexadecimal to trinary" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([2, 10], 16, 3) == [1, 1, 2, 0]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert 15-bit integer" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([3, 46, 60], 97, 73) == [6, 10, 45]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert empty list" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([], 2, 10) == nil
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert single zero" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([0], 10, 2) == [0]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert multiple zeros" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([0, 0, 0], 10, 2) == [0]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert leading zeros" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([0, 6, 0], 7, 10) == [4, 2]
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert first base is one" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([0], 1, 10) == nil
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert first base is zero" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([], 0, 10) == nil
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert first base is negative" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1], -2, 10) == nil
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert negative digit" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1, -1, 1, 0, 1, 0], 2, 10) == nil
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert invalid positive digit" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1, 2, 1, 0, 1, 0], 2, 10) == nil
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert second base is one" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0], 2, 1) == nil
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert second base is zero" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([7], 10, 0) == nil
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert second base is negative" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1], 2, -7) == nil
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convert both bases are negative" do
    assert AllYourBase.convert([1], -2, -7) == nil
  end
end

test_helper.exs

ExUnit.start()
ExUnit.configure(exclude: :pending, trace: true)

defmodule AllYourBase do
  @spec convert(list, integer, integer) :: list | nil
  def convert([], _, _), do: nil
  def convert(_, base_a, base_b) when base_a < 2 or base_b < 2, do: nil
  def convert(digits, base_a, base_b) do
    cond do
      Enum.all?(digits, & &1 === 0) -> [0]
      Enum.any?(digits, & &1 < 0 or &1 >= base_a) -> nil
      true -> digits |> to_base10(base_a) |> from_base10(base_b)
    end
  end

  defp to_base10([], _), do: 0
  defp to_base10([digit | rest] = digits, base),
    do: (digit * pow(base, length(digits) - 1)) + to_base10(rest, base)

  defp pow(base, exponent),
    do: base |> :math.pow(exponent) |> round()

  defp from_base10(0, _), do: []
  defp from_base10(digit, base),
    do: from_base10(div(digit, base), base) ++ [rem(digit, base)]
end

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Gerrit

commented about 1 year ago

Just, to let you now:

https://github.com/cj1128/exercism-elixir/blob/master/all-your-base/all-your-base.exs#L15

This part, I find supper. He don't work with the pow function.

def to_base10(digits, base) do digits |> Enum.reduce(fn x, acc -> acc * base + x end) end

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