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Return the lowest index at which a value (second argument) should be inserted into an array (first argument) once it has been sorted. For example, where([1,2,3,4], 1.5) should return 1 because it is greater than 1 (index 0), but less than 2 (index 1). Likewise, where([20,3,5], 19) should return 2 because once the array has been sorted it will lo…
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function where(arr, num) { | |
arr.push(num); | |
arr = arr.sort(function(a, b) { return a - b; }); | |
return arr.indexOf(num); | |
} | |
// Tests | |
console.log(where([10, 20, 30, 40, 50], 35) + " should be 3"); | |
console.log(where([10, 20, 30, 40, 50], 30) + " should be 2"); | |
console.log(where([40, 60], 50) + " should be 1"); | |
console.log(where([3, 10, 5], 3) + " should be 0"); | |
console.log(where([5, 3, 20, 3], 5) + " should be 2"); | |
console.log(where([2, 20, 10], 19) + " should be 2"); | |
console.log(where([2, 5, 10], 15) + " should be 3"); |
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