---
id: 5d7925381e8565a5c50ba7f1
title: Step 99
challengeType: 0
dashedName: step-99
---

# --description--

In functional programming, we strive to use a type of function called "pure functions" as much as possible. The first property of pure functions is that they always return the same value for the same arguments.

You can check if this is the case by comparing a call to a function with another call (with the same arguments):

```js
console.log(f(2) === f(2)); // always true for pure functions
```

Use this technique to check if the `random` function in `spreadsheetFunctions` is pure by passing in the following array: `[1, 1000]`.

# --hints--

See description above for instructions.

```js
assert(
  /(spreadsheetFunctions\[["']random["']\]\(1,1000\))===\1/.test(
    code.replace(/\s/g, '')
  )
);
```

# --seed--

## --before-user-code--

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>Spreadsheet</title>
  <style>
    #container {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: 50px repeat(10, 200px);
      grid-template-rows: repeat(11, 30px);
    }
    .label {
      background-color: lightgray;
      text-align: center;
      vertical-align: middle;
      line-height: 30px;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
  <div></div>
</div>
```

## --after-user-code--

```html
</body>
</html>
```

## --seed-contents--

```html
<script>

const infixToFunction = {
  "+": (x, y) => x + y,
  "-": (x, y) => x - y,
  "*": (x, y) => x * y,
  "/": (x, y) => x / y
};

const infixEval = (str, regex) =>
  str.replace(regex, (_, arg1, fn, arg2) =>
    infixToFunction[fn](parseFloat(arg1), parseFloat(arg2))
  );

const highPrecedence = str => {
  const regex = /([0-9.]+)([*\/])([0-9.]+)/;
  const str2 = infixEval(str, regex);
  return str === str2 ? str : highPrecedence(str2);
};

const spreadsheetFunctions = {
  "": x => x,
  random: ([x, y]) => Math.floor(Math.random() * y + x)
};

const applyFn = str => {
  const noHigh = highPrecedence(str);
  const infix = /([0-9.]+)([+-])([0-9.]+)/;
  const str2 = infixEval(noHigh, infix);
  const regex = /([a-z]*)\(([0-9., ]*)\)(?!.*\()/i;
  const toNumberList = args => args.split(",").map(parseFloat);
  const applyFunction = (fn, args) =>
    spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()](toNumberList(args));
  return str2.replace(
    regex,
    (match, fn, args) =>
      spreadsheetFunctions.hasOwnProperty(fn.toLowerCase()) ? applyFunction(fn, args) : match
  );
};

const range = (start, end) =>
  start > end ? [] : [start].concat(range(start + 1, end));

const charRange = (start, end) =>
  range(start.charCodeAt(0), end.charCodeAt(0)).map(x =>
    String.fromCharCode(x)
  );

const evalFormula = x => {
  const rangeRegex = /([A-J])([1-9][0-9]?):([A-J])([1-9][0-9]?)/gi;
  const rangeFromString = (n1, n2) => range(parseInt(n1), parseInt(n2));
  const elemValue = n => c => document.getElementById(c + n).value;
  const addChars = c1 => c2 => n => charRange(c1, c2).map(elemValue(n));
  const varRangeExpanded = x.replace(rangeRegex, (_, c1, n1, c2, n2) =>
    rangeFromString(n1, n2).map(addChars(c1)(c2))
  );
  const varRegex = /[A-J][1-9][0-9]?/gi;
  const varExpanded = varRangeExpanded.replace(
    varRegex,
    match => document.getElementById(match.toUpperCase()).value
  );
  const functionExpanded = applyFn(varExpanded);
  return functionExpanded === x
    ? functionExpanded
    : evalFormula(functionExpanded);
};

window.onload = () => {
  const container = document.getElementById("container");
  const createLabel = name => {
    const label = document.createElement("div");
    label.className = "label";
    label.textContent = name;
    container.appendChild(label);
  };
  const letters = charRange("A", "J");
  letters.forEach(createLabel);
  range(1, 99).forEach(x => {
    createLabel(x);
    letters.forEach(y => {
      const input = document.createElement("input");
      input.type = "text";
      input.id = y + x;
      input.onchange = update;
      container.appendChild(input);
    });
  });
};

const update = event => {
  const element = event.target;
  const value = element.value.replace(/\s/g, "");
  if (!value.includes(element.id) && value[0] === "=") {
    element.value = evalFormula(value.slice(1));
  }
};

--fcc-editable-region--

--fcc-editable-region--
</script>
```

# --solutions--

```html
<script>
const infixToFunction = {
  "+": (x, y) => x + y,
  "-": (x, y) => x - y,
  "*": (x, y) => x * y,
  "/": (x, y) => x / y
};

const infixEval = (str, regex) =>
  str.replace(regex, (_, arg1, fn, arg2) =>
    infixToFunction[fn](parseFloat(arg1), parseFloat(arg2))
  );

const highPrecedence = str => {
  const regex = /([0-9.]+)([*\/])([0-9.]+)/;
  const str2 = infixEval(str, regex);
  return str === str2 ? str : highPrecedence(str2);
};

const spreadsheetFunctions = {
  "": x => x,
  random: ([x, y]) => Math.floor(Math.random() * y + x)
};

const applyFn = str => {
  const noHigh = highPrecedence(str);
  const infix = /([0-9.]+)([+-])([0-9.]+)/;
  const str2 = infixEval(noHigh, infix);
  const regex = /([a-z]*)\(([0-9., ]*)\)(?!.*\()/i;
  const toNumberList = args => args.split(",").map(parseFloat);
  const applyFunction = (fn, args) =>
    spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()](toNumberList(args));
  return str2.replace(
    regex,
    (match, fn, args) =>
      spreadsheetFunctions.hasOwnProperty(fn.toLowerCase()) ? applyFunction(fn, args) : match
  );
};

const range = (start, end) =>
  start > end ? [] : [start].concat(range(start + 1, end));

const charRange = (start, end) =>
  range(start.charCodeAt(0), end.charCodeAt(0)).map(x =>
    String.fromCharCode(x)
  );

const evalFormula = x => {
  const rangeRegex = /([A-J])([1-9][0-9]?):([A-J])([1-9][0-9]?)/gi;
  const rangeFromString = (n1, n2) => range(parseInt(n1), parseInt(n2));
  const elemValue = n => c => document.getElementById(c + n).value;
  const addChars = c1 => c2 => n => charRange(c1, c2).map(elemValue(n));
  const varRangeExpanded = x.replace(rangeRegex, (_, c1, n1, c2, n2) =>
    rangeFromString(n1, n2).map(addChars(c1)(c2))
  );
  const varRegex = /[A-J][1-9][0-9]?/gi;
  const varExpanded = varRangeExpanded.replace(
    varRegex,
    match => document.getElementById(match.toUpperCase()).value
  );
  const functionExpanded = applyFn(varExpanded);
  return functionExpanded === x
    ? functionExpanded
    : evalFormula(functionExpanded);
};

window.onload = () => {
  const container = document.getElementById("container");
  const createLabel = name => {
    const label = document.createElement("div");
    label.className = "label";
    label.textContent = name;
    container.appendChild(label);
  };
  const letters = charRange("A", "J");
  letters.forEach(createLabel);
  range(1, 99).forEach(x => {
    createLabel(x);
    letters.forEach(y => {
      const input = document.createElement("input");
      input.type = "text";
      input.id = y + x;
      input.onchange = update;
      container.appendChild(input);
    });
  });
};

const update = event => {
  const element = event.target;
  const value = element.value.replace(/\s/g, "");
  if (!value.includes(element.id) && value[0] === "=") {
    element.value = evalFormula(value.slice(1));
  }
};

// console.log(spreadsheetFunctions["random"](1, 1000) === spreadsheetFunctions["random"](1, 1000))
</script>
```
