So I'm doing the HackerRank superDigit challenge and even though I have the correct value for all the informal test cases, the Output box says that the result is undefined. I'm not really getting what undefined is all about or how a variable with a value returns as undefined.
function superDigit(n, k) {
// Write your code here
var nArr = [];
for(let i = 0; i < n.length; i++)
{
nArr.push(n[i]);
}
console.log('nArr: ' + nArr);
var nComb = 0;
for(let i = 0; i < nArr.length; i++)
{
nComb += parseInt(nArr[i]);
}
console.log('nComb: ' + nComb);
var nMult = nComb *= k;
console.log('nMult: ' + nMult);
console.log('');
if(nMult < 10)
{
return nMult;
}
else
{
superDigit(nMult.toString(),1);
}
}
You probably want to return the superDigit
result as well. So when calling superDigit
recursively, add the return statement. I also cleaned up the console.log
calls a bit so its more readable to me.
function superDigit(n, k) {
var nArr = [];
for(let i = 0; i < n.length; i++)
{
nArr.push(n[i]);
}
var nComb = 0;
for(let i = 0; i < nArr.length; i++)
{
nComb += parseInt(nArr[i]);
}
var nMult = nComb *= k;
console.log('nMult:', nMult, 'nArr:', nArr, 'nComb:', nComb);
if(nMult < 10)
{
return nMult;
}
else
{
return superDigit(nMult.toString(),1);
}
}
document.getElementById('result').innerText = superDigit("200", 20);
<html>
<body>
<p id="result"></p>
</body>
</html>