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Neil Martin Orbase
4,137 PointsNot the quickest in math, but was wondering if this was the correct calculation and code to find num of seconds in years
const secsPerMin = 60;
const minsPerHour = 60;
const hoursPerDay = 24;
const daysPerWeek = 7;
const weeksPerYear = 52;
const secondsPerDay = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay;
console.log(`There are ${secondsPerDay} seconds in a day.`);
const yearsAlive = 32;
console.log(`I've been alive for more than ${yearsAlive * weeksPerYear * daysPerWeek * secondsPerDay} seconds!`);
7 Answers
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsExactly right, good job!
Jodi Engel
4,726 Pointsconst secsPerMin = 60;
const minsPerHour = 60;
const hoursPerDay = 24;
const daysPerWeek = 7;
const weeksPerYear = 52;
const secsPerDay = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay;
console.log(`There are ${secsPerDay} seconds in a day`);
const yearsAlive = 45;
const secsAlive = yearsAlive * weeksPerYear * daysPerWeek * secsPerDay;
console.log(`I've been alive for more than ${secsAlive} seconds!`);
benoit koch
3,875 PointsThis is what i came up with.
const secsPerMin = 60; const minsPerHour = 60; const hoursPerDay = 24; const daysPerWeek = 7; const weeksPerYear = 52;
const secondsPerDay = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay;
console.log(There are ${secondsPerDay} seconds in a day.);
let yearsAlive;
console.log(I've been alive for more than ${+86400 * +7 * +52 * +31} seconds!);
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsI think the idea was to use the constants and not replicate the literal values. Also, what are the "+" symbols for?
benoit koch
3,875 PointsAll good :) Oh, i think it was a mistake on my part, i was thinking for some reason that the system would read it as a string, so i added some precautions but i don't think that would of affected the conclusion. + is the quick form of parseInt. "The parseInt() function parses a string and returns an integer."
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsNo danger of digits being interpreted as a string. Also, be aware that "+" isn't quite an exact replacement for "parseInt". One big difference is how they handle an empty string.
Chris Conwell
2,268 PointsYour script will output as a string and how the total if you use template literals ();
console.log(I've been alive for more than ${+86400 * +7 * +52 * +31} seconds!);
benoit koch
3,875 PointsThanks for letting me know, really appreciate the advice! :)
Fabio Dolcemascolo
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 6,435 Pointsconst secsPerMin = 60; const minsPerHour = 60; const hoursPerDay = 24; const daysPerWeek = 7; const weeksPerYear = 52; const yearsAlive = 39;
const secondsPerDay = secsPerMin * minsPerHour * hoursPerDay;
console.log(There are ${secondsPerDay} seconds in a day.);
const secondsPerWeek = secondsPerDay * daysPerWeek;
console.log(There are ${secondsPerWeek} seconds in a week.);
const secondsPerYear = secondsPerWeek * weeksPerYear;
console.log(There are ${secondsPerYear} seconds in a year.);
const secondsAlive = secondsPerYear * yearsAlive;
console.log(I've been alive for more than ${secondsAlive} seconds!);
Terfa Nomhwange
2,230 Pointsconst secsPerMin = 60; const minsPerHour = 60; const hoursPerDay = 24; const daysPerWeek = 7; const weeksPerYear = 52;
const secondsPerDay = secsPerMin * minsPerHour*hoursPerDay
console.log(There are ${secondsPerDay} seconds in a day.);
const yearsAlive = 36;
const secondsPerYear = secondsPerDay * daysPerWeek* weeksPerYear
console.log(I've been alive for more than ${secondsPerYear} seconds);