Topound function calling

Author: Arthur

Sprint-1/3-mandatory-interpret/3-to-pounds.js

@@ -23,5 +23,3 @@ console.log(`£${pounds}.${pence}`);
 // You need to do a step-by-step breakdown of each line in this program
 // Try and describe the purpose / rationale behind each step
 
-// To begin, we can start with
-// 1. const penceString = "399p": initialises a string variable with the value "399p"

Sprint-2/3-mandatory-implement/3-to-pounds.js

@@ -3,4 +3,30 @@
 // You will need to take this code and turn it into a reusable block of code.
 // You will need to declare a function called toPounds with an appropriately named parameter.
 
-// You should call this function a number of times to check it works for different inputs
+function toPounds(penceString){
+
+const penceStringWithoutTrailingP = penceString.substring(
+  0,
+  penceString.length - 1
+);
+
+const paddedPenceNumberString = penceStringWithoutTrailingP.padStart(3, "0");
+const pounds = paddedPenceNumberString.substring(
+  0,
+  paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2
+);
+
+const pence = paddedPenceNumberString
+  .substring(paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2)
+  .padEnd(2, "0");
+
+return `£${pounds}.${pence}`;
+
+}
+
+console.log(toPounds("499p"));
+console.log(toPounds("399p"));
+console.log(toPounds("299p"));
+
+
+// You should call this function a number of times to check it works for different inputs