JaeHyoLee's solution to Scrabble Score on the Lua track

Instructions

Test suite

Solution

Note:

This solution was written on an old version of Exercism. The tests below might not correspond to the solution code, and the exercise may have changed since this code 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 the tests

To run the tests, run the command busted from within the exercise directory.

Further information

For more detailed information about the Lua track, including how to get help if you're having trouble, please visit the exercism.io Lua language page.

Source

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

Submitting Incomplete Solutions

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scrabble-score_spec.lua

local score = require('scrabble-score').score

describe('scrabble-score', function()
  it('scores an empty word as zero', function()
    assert.are.equal(0, score(''))
  end)

  it('scores a null as zero', function()
    assert.are.equal(0, score(null))
  end)

  it('scores a very short word', function()
    assert.are.equal(1, score('a'))
  end)

  it('scores the word by the number of letters', function()
    assert.are.equal(6, score('street'))
  end)

  it('scores more complicated words with more', function()
    assert.are.equal(22, score('quirky'))
  end)

  it('scores case insensitive words', function()
    assert.are.equal(41, score('OXYPHENBUTAZONE'))
  end)
end)

local scrabble_score = { a=1, b=3, c=3, d=2, e=1, f=4, g=2, h=4, i=1, j=8, k=5, l=1, m=3, n=1, o=1, p=3, q=10, r=1, s=1, t=1, u=1, v=4, w=4, x=8, y=4, z=10}

local function score(input)
  local s = input or ''
  local sum = 0
  for i = 1, #s do
    sum = sum + scrabble_score[s:sub(i,i):lower()]
  end
  return sum
end

return {
  score = score
}

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