angelikatyborska's solution to Binary on the Ruby track

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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.

Convert a binary number, represented as a string (e.g. '101010'), to its decimal equivalent using first principles.

Implement binary to decimal conversion. Given a binary input string, your program should produce a decimal output. The program should handle invalid inputs.

Note

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

About Binary (Base-2)

Decimal is a base-10 system.

A number 23 in base 10 notation can be understood as a linear combination of powers of 10:

The rightmost digit gets multiplied by 10^0 = 1
The next number gets multiplied by 10^1 = 10
...
The nth number gets multiplied by 10^(n-1).
All these values are summed.

So: 23 => 2*10^1 + 3*10^0 => 2*10 + 3*1 = 23 base 10

Binary is similar, but uses powers of 2 rather than powers of 10.

So: 101 => 1*2^2 + 0*2^1 + 1*2^0 => 1*4 + 0*2 + 1*1 => 4 + 1 => 5 base 10.

For installation and learning resources, refer to the exercism help page.

For running the tests provided, you will need the Minitest gem. Open a terminal window and run the following command to install minitest:

gem install minitest

If you would like color output, you can require 'minitest/pride' in the test file, or note the alternative instruction, below, for running the test file.

Run the tests from the exercise directory using the following command:

ruby binary_test.rb

To include color from the command line:

ruby -r minitest/pride binary_test.rb

Source

All of Computer Science http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=binary&a=*C.binary-_*MathWorld-

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binary_test.rb

require 'minitest/autorun'
require_relative 'binary'

# Common test data version: 1.0.0 969717d
class BinaryTest < Minitest::Test
  def test_binary_0_is_decimal_0
    # skip
    assert_equal 0, Binary.to_decimal('0')
  end

  def test_binary_1_is_decimal_1
    skip
    assert_equal 1, Binary.to_decimal('1')
  end

  def test_binary_10_is_decimal_2
    skip
    assert_equal 2, Binary.to_decimal('10')
  end

  def test_binary_11_is_decimal_3
    skip
    assert_equal 3, Binary.to_decimal('11')
  end

  def test_binary_100_is_decimal_4
    skip
    assert_equal 4, Binary.to_decimal('100')
  end

  def test_binary_1001_is_decimal_9
    skip
    assert_equal 9, Binary.to_decimal('1001')
  end

  def test_binary_11010_is_decimal_26
    skip
    assert_equal 26, Binary.to_decimal('11010')
  end

  def test_binary_10001101000_is_decimal_1128
    skip
    assert_equal 1128, Binary.to_decimal('10001101000')
  end

  def test_binary_ignores_leading_zeros
    skip
    assert_equal 31, Binary.to_decimal('000011111')
  end

  def test_2_is_not_a_valid_binary_digit
    skip
    assert_raises(ArgumentError) { Binary.to_decimal('2') }
  end

  def test_a_number_containing_a_non_binary_digit_is_invalid
    skip
    assert_raises(ArgumentError) { Binary.to_decimal('01201') }
  end

  def test_a_number_with_trailing_non_binary_characters_is_invalid
    skip
    assert_raises(ArgumentError) { Binary.to_decimal('10nope') }
  end

  def test_a_number_with_leading_non_binary_characters_is_invalid
    skip
    assert_raises(ArgumentError) { Binary.to_decimal('nope10') }
  end

  def test_a_number_with_internal_non_binary_characters_is_invalid
    skip
    assert_raises(ArgumentError) { Binary.to_decimal('10nope10') }
  end

  def test_a_number_and_a_word_whitespace_spearated_is_invalid
    skip
    assert_raises(ArgumentError) { Binary.to_decimal('001 nope') }
  end

  # Problems in exercism evolve over time, as we find better ways to ask
  # questions.
  # The version number refers to the version of the problem you solved,
  # not your solution.
  #
  # Define a constant named VERSION inside of the top level BookKeeping
  # module, which may be placed near the end of your file.
  #
  # In your file, it will look like this:
  #
  # module BookKeeping
  #   VERSION = 1 # Where the version number matches the one in the test.
  # end
  #
  # If you are curious, read more about constants on RubyDoc:
  # http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ruby-doc-bundle/UsersGuide/rg/constants.html

  def test_bookkeeping
    skip
    assert_equal 3, BookKeeping::VERSION
  end
end

# works for bases from 2 to 36
module BaseN
  def initialize(string)
    unless self.class.valid? string
      fail ArgumentError, "#{ string }:#{ string.class } is not a string representaiton of a base-#{ self.class.base } number"
    end

    @string = string
  end

  def to_decimal
    digits = @string.chars.map { |char| self.class.valid_characters.index(char) }
    digits.reverse.each_with_index.inject(0) do |sum, (n, i)|
      sum += n * self.class.base**i
    end
  end

  def self.included(host_class)
    host_class.extend(BaseNClassMethods)
  end

  module BaseNClassMethods
    def valid?(string)
      string.chars.all? { |char| valid_characters.include? char }
    end

    def valid_characters
      [*'0'..'9', *'A'..'Z'][0...base]
    end
  end
end

class Binary
  include BaseN

  VERSION = 1

  def self.base
    2
  end
end

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