freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/08-coding-interview-prep/data-structures/size-of-the-set.english.md

id	title	challengeType
8d1923c8c441eddfaeb5bdef	Size of the Set	1

Description

In this exercise we are going to create a size function for our Set. This function should be named this.size and it should return the size of the collection.

Instructions

Tests

tests:
  - text: Your <code>Set</code> class should have a <code>size</code> method.
    testString: assert((function(){var test = new Set(); return (typeof test.size === 'function')}()), 'Your <code>Set</code> class should have a <code>size</code> method.');
  - text: The <code>size</code> method should return the number of elements in the collection.
    testString: assert((function(){var test = new Set(); test.add('a');test.add('b');test.remove('a');return (test.size() === 1)}()), 'The <code>size</code> method should return the number of elements in the collection.');

Challenge Seed

function Set() {
    // the var collection will hold the set
    var collection = [];
    // this method will check for the presence of an element and return true or false
    this.has = function(element) {
        return (collection.indexOf(element) !== -1);
    };
    // this method will return all the values in the set
    this.values = function() {
        return collection;
    };
    // this method will add an element to the set
    this.add = function(element) {
        if(!this.has(element)){
            collection.push(element);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    };
    // this method will remove an element from a set
    this.remove = function(element) {
        if(this.has(element)){
           var index = collection.indexOf(element);
            collection.splice(index,1);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    };
    // change code below this line
    // change code above this line
}

Solution

function Set() {var collection = []; this.has = function(e){return(collection.indexOf(e) !== -1);};this.values = function() {return collection;};this.add = function(element) {if (!this.has(element)) {collection.push(element);return true;} else {return false;}};this.remove = function(element) {if(this.has(element)) {var i = collection.indexOf(element);collection.splice(i, 1);return true;}return false;};this.size = function() {return collection.length;};}