thekeele's solution to Scrabble Score on the Elixir track

Instructions

Test suite

Solution

Note:

This exercise has changed since this solution was written.

Given a word, compute the scrabble score for that word.

Letter Values

You'll need these:

Letter                           Value
A, E, I, O, U, L, N, R, S, T       1
D, G                               2
B, C, M, P                         3
F, H, V, W, Y                      4
K                                  5
J, X                               8
Q, Z                               10

Examples

"cabbage" should be scored as worth 14 points:

3 points for C
1 point for A, twice
3 points for B, twice
2 points for G
1 point for E

And to total:

3 + 2*1 + 2*3 + 2 + 1
= 3 + 2 + 6 + 3
= 5 + 9
= 14

Extensions

You can play a double or a triple letter.
You can play a double or a triple word.

Running tests

Execute the tests with:

$ elixir scrabble_score_test.exs

Pending tests

In the test suites, all but the first test have been skipped.

Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by commenting out the relevant @tag :pending with a # symbol.

For example:

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

Or, you can enable all the tests by commenting out the ExUnit.configure line in the test suite.

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

If you're stuck on something, it may help to look at some of the available resources out there where answers might be found.

Source

Inspired by the Extreme Startup game https://github.com/rchatley/extreme_startup

Submitting Incomplete Solutions

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scrabble_score_test.exs

if !System.get_env("EXERCISM_TEST_EXAMPLES") do
  Code.load_file("scrabble.exs", __DIR__)
end

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

defmodule ScrabbleScoreTest do
  use ExUnit.Case

  # @tag :pending
  test "empty word scores zero" do
    assert Scrabble.score("") == 0
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "whitespace scores zero" do
    assert Scrabble.score(" \t\n") == 0
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "scores very short word" do
    assert Scrabble.score("a") == 1
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "scores other very short word" do
    assert Scrabble.score("f") == 4
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "simple word scores the number of letters" do
    assert Scrabble.score("street") == 6
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "complicated word scores more" do
    assert Scrabble.score("quirky") == 22
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "scores are case insensitive" do
    assert Scrabble.score("OXYPHENBUTAZONE") == 41
  end

  @tag :pending
  test "convenient scoring" do
    assert Scrabble.score("alacrity") == 13
  end
end

defmodule Scrabble do

  @letter_values %{
    "A" => 1, "E" => 1, "I" => 1, "O" => 1, "U" => 1, "L" => 1, "N" => 1, "R" => 1, "S" => 1, "T" => 1,
    "D" => 2, "G" => 2,
    "B" => 3, "C" => 3, "M" => 3, "P" => 3,
    "F" => 4, "H" => 4, "V" => 4, "W" => 4, "Y" => 4,
    "K" => 5,
    "J" => 8, "X" => 8,
    "Q" => 10, "Z" => 10,
  }

  @spec score(String.t()) :: non_neg_integer
  def score(""),
    do: 0
  def score(<<letter::binary-size(1)>>),
    do: Map.get(@letter_values, String.upcase(letter), 0)
  def score(<<letter::binary-size(1), rest::binary()>>),
    do: Map.get(@letter_values, String.upcase(letter), 0) + score(rest)
end

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