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function pivot (array) { | |
let total = array.reduce((accumulator, value) => accumulator + value, 0) | |
let left = 0 | |
// Iterate over each item in array | |
for (let i = 0; i < array.length; i++) { | |
// Subtract its value from the total | |
total -= array[i] | |
// If current total is equal to the left total, then | |
// we've hit the index we need, returns the index | |
if (total === left) return i | |
// Otherwise we carry on and increment the left total | |
left += array[i] | |
} | |
// No such index exists | |
return -1 | |
} | |
// Barebones unit testing | |
function check (input, expected) { | |
if (pivot(input) === expected) return true | |
return false | |
} | |
[ | |
{arr: [1,4,6,3,2], exp: 2}, | |
{arr: [1,4,1,5,3,3], exp: 3}, | |
{arr: [8,1,3,4,1], exp: 1}, | |
{arr: [2,4,4,2,9], exp: -1} | |
].forEach(test => { | |
console.log(`${test.arr} should return ${test.exp}: ${check(test.arr, test.exp)}`) | |
}) |
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