Comma quibbling is a task originally set by Eric Lippert in his blog.
Task:Write a function to generate a string output which is the concatenation of input words from a list/sequence where:
An input of no words produces the output string of just the two brace characters "{}". An input of just one word, e.g. ["ABC"], produces the output string of the word inside the two braces, e.g. "{ABC}". An input of two words, e.g. ["ABC", "DEF"], produces the output string of the two words inside the two braces with the words separated by the string " and ", e.g. "{ABC and DEF}". An input of three or more words, e.g. ["ABC", "DEF", "G", "H"], produces the output string of all but the last word separated by ", " with the last word separated by " and " and all within braces; e.g. "{ABC, DEF, G and H}".Test your function with the following series of inputs showing your output here on this page:
[] # (No input words). ["ABC"] ["ABC", "DEF"] ["ABC", "DEF", "G", "H"]Note: Assume words are non-empty strings of uppercase characters for this task.
quibble
is a function.
testString: 'assert(typeof quibble === "function", "quibble
is a function.");'
- text: 'quibble(["ABC"])
should return a string.'
testString: 'assert(typeof quibble(["ABC"]) === "string", "quibble(["ABC"])
should return a string.");'
- text: 'quibble([])
should return "{}".'
testString: 'assert.equal(quibble(testCases[0]), results[0], "quibble([])
should return "{}".");'
- text: 'quibble(["ABC"])
should return "{ABC}".'
testString: 'assert.equal(quibble(testCases[1]), results[1], "quibble(["ABC"])
should return "{ABC}".");'
- text: 'quibble(["ABC", "DEF"])
should return "{ABC and DEF}".'
testString: 'assert.equal(quibble(testCases[2]), results[2], "quibble(["ABC", "DEF"])
should return "{ABC and DEF}".");'
- text: 'quibble(["ABC", "DEF", "G", "H"])
should return "{ABC,DEF,G and H}".'
testString: 'assert.equal(quibble(testCases[3]), results[3], "quibble(["ABC", "DEF", "G", "H"])
should return "{ABC,DEF,G and H}".");'
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