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Codewars exercise "Find the word 'needle' in the string" that was implemented so horribly, it quickly became the best code I've ever laid my eyes upon. (Disclaimer: I am not the genius who architected this precious artifact)
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code.js
var a = "a";
var b = "b";
var c = "c";
var d = "d";
var e = "e";
var f = "f";
var g = "g";
var h = "h";
var i = "i";
var j = "j";
var k = "k";
var l = "l";
var m = "m";
var n = "n";
var o = "o";
var p = "p";
var q = "q";
var r = "r";
var s = "s";
var t = "t";
var u = "u";
var v = "v";
var w = "w";
var x = "x";
var y = "y";
var z = "z";
var space = " ";
var theWordNeedleWhichWillNeedToBeFoundWithinTheHaystackContainingTheNeedle = [].concat(n).concat(e).concat(e).concat(d).concat(l).concat(e).join('');
var returnStringPrefix = [].concat(f).concat(o).concat(u).concat(n).concat(d).concat(space).concat(t).concat(h).concat(e).concat(space).concat(n).concat(e).concat(e).concat(d).concat(l).concat(e).concat(space).concat(a).concat(t).concat(space).concat(p).concat(o).concat(s).concat(i).concat(t).concat(i).concat(o).concat(n).concat(space).join('');
function findNeedle ( theHaystackContainingTheNeedle )
{
var indexOfNeedleWithinTheHaystackContainingTheNeedle = -1;
var numberOfStrawsPlusTheNeedleThatAreContainedWithinTheGiantHaystackContainingTheNeedleWhichIsProbablyLocatedInAFieldSomewhereNearABarnOnAFarmPotentiallyWithinTheVicinityOfRuralTexas = getLengthOfArrayContainingElements( theHaystackContainingTheNeedle );
for(
var currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop = 0;
currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop <= numberOfStrawsPlusTheNeedleThatAreContainedWithinTheGiantHaystackContainingTheNeedleWhichIsProbablyLocatedInAFieldSomewhereNearABarnOnAFarmPotentiallyWithinTheVicinityOfRuralTexas;
currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop = currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop + 1
)
{
if(currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop < 0)
{
throw new Error("This shouldn\"t happen".replace("\u0022","\u2019"));
}
if(currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop > numberOfStrawsPlusTheNeedleThatAreContainedWithinTheGiantHaystackContainingTheNeedleWhichIsProbablyLocatedInAFieldSomewhereNearABarnOnAFarmPotentiallyWithinTheVicinityOfRuralTexas)
{
throw new Error("This shouldn\"t happen".replace("\u0022","\u2019"));
}
var theValueOfTheCurrentStrawOrNeedleThatResidesWithinTheLargeHaystack = getElementFromArrayGivenIndex( theHaystackContainingTheNeedle, currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop );
if( theValueOfTheCurrentStrawOrNeedleThatResidesWithinTheLargeHaystack === theWordNeedleWhichWillNeedToBeFoundWithinTheHaystackContainingTheNeedle) {
indexOfNeedleWithinTheHaystackContainingTheNeedle = currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop;
}
}
var theCompleteReturnValueContainingTheReturnPrefixAndTheIndexOfTheNeedleWithinTheHaystackContainingTheNeedle = returnStringPrefix.split('').concat(indexOfNeedleWithinTheHaystackContainingTheNeedle).join('');
return theCompleteReturnValueContainingTheReturnPrefixAndTheIndexOfTheNeedleWithinTheHaystackContainingTheNeedle;
}
function getElementFromArrayGivenIndex( arrayContainingElements, indexToRetrieveFromArrayContainingElements )
{
var valueFromArrayWhereIndexWasBeingSearchedFor = -1;
var numberOfElementsInArrayContainingElements = getLengthOfArrayContainingElements(arrayContainingElements);
for(
var currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop = 0;
currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop <= numberOfElementsInArrayContainingElements;
currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop = currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop + 1
)
{
if(currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop < 0)
{
throw new Error("This shouldn\"t happen".replace("\u0022","\u2019"));
}
if(currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop > numberOfElementsInArrayContainingElements)
{
throw new Error("This shouldn\"t happen".replace("\u0022","\u2019"));
}
var valueBasedOnCurrentIndexOfTheArrayThatIsCurrentlyBeingReferencedWithinTheExecutingForLoop = arrayContainingElements[ currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop ];
if(currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop === indexToRetrieveFromArrayContainingElements)
{
valueFromArrayWhereIndexWasBeingSearchedFor = valueBasedOnCurrentIndexOfTheArrayThatIsCurrentlyBeingReferencedWithinTheExecutingForLoop;
}
}
return valueFromArrayWhereIndexWasBeingSearchedFor;
}
function getIndexFromArrayGivenValue( arrayContainingElements, valueForWhichToUseToFindTheIndexAndRetrieveItFromArrayContainingElements )
{
var indexFromArrayWhereValueWasFound = -1;
var numberOfElementsInArrayContainingElements = getLengthOfArrayContainingElements(arrayContainingElements);
for(
var currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop = 0;
currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop <= numberOfElementsInArrayContainingElements;
currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop = currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop + 1
)
{
if(indexFromArrayWhereValueWasFound > -1)
{
continue;
}
var valueBasedOnCurrentIndexOfTheArrayThatIsCurrentlyBeingReferencedWithinTheExecutingForLoop = getElementFromArrayGivenIndex( arrayContainingElements, currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop );
if( valueBasedOnCurrentIndexOfTheArrayThatIsCurrentlyBeingReferencedWithinTheExecutingForLoop === valueForWhichToUseToFindTheIndexAndRetrieveItFromArrayContainingElements )
{
indexFromArrayWhereValueWasFound = currentIndexOfTheCurrentlyExecutingForLoop;
}
}
return indexFromArrayWhereValueWasFound;
}
function getLengthOfArrayContainingElements( arrayContainingElementsForWhichToRetreiveTheLengthFrom )
{
var theLengthOfTheArrayContainingElementsForWhichToRetreiveTheLengthFrom = arrayContainingElementsForWhichToRetreiveTheLengthFrom.length;
if(theLengthOfTheArrayContainingElementsForWhichToRetreiveTheLengthFrom < 0)
{
theLengthOfTheArrayContainingElementsForWhichToRetreiveTheLengthFrom = 0;
}
return theLengthOfTheArrayContainingElementsForWhichToRetreiveTheLengthFrom;
}
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