Need Help with a Simple Javascript Problem Involving Even and Odd Checking

gsh

Hi Everyone,

I was wondering if someone can help me with creating a Javascript function for the following problem :

There are x number of bananas
There are are 3 monkeys
If the number of bananas is EVEN then monkey one and two get ALL the bananas.
If the number of bananas is ODD, monkey three gets the extra banana.

Thank you.

avan

Hi there.

When you think of checking for even or odd think the mod (%) operator.

Here is one way to do it for all values greater than 0 :

function bananas(x){
  let monkey_1 = 0;
  let monkey_2 = 0;
  let monkey_3 = 0;
  if(x == 1){
    monkey_3 = 1;
  }
  else if(x % 2 == 0){
    // x is EVEN
    monkey_1 = x / 2;
    monkey_2 = x / 2;
  } else {
    //X is ODD
    monkey_1 = (x-1) / 2;
    monkey_2 = (x-1) / 2;
    monkey_3 = 1;
  }
  console.log("For " + x + " Bananas");
  console.log("Monkey 1 gets: " + monkey_1 + " Bananas");
  console.log("Monkey 2 gets: " + monkey_2 + " Bananas");
  console.log("Monkey 3 gets: " + monkey_3 + " Bananas");
  console.log("-------------------------------");
}

Please let me know if this worked for you by selecting it as the correct answer. Thank you.

avan

Hi there.

When you think of checking for even or odd think the mod (%) operator.

Here is one way to do it for all values greater than 0 :

function bananas(x){
  let monkey_1 = 0;
  let monkey_2 = 0;
  let monkey_3 = 0;
  if(x == 1){
    monkey_3 = 1;
  }
  else if(x % 2 == 0){
    // x is EVEN
    monkey_1 = x / 2;
    monkey_2 = x / 2;
  } else {
    //X is ODD
    monkey_1 = (x-1) / 2;
    monkey_2 = (x-1) / 2;
    monkey_3 = 1;
  }
  console.log("For " + x + " Bananas");
  console.log("Monkey 1 gets: " + monkey_1 + " Bananas");
  console.log("Monkey 2 gets: " + monkey_2 + " Bananas");
  console.log("Monkey 3 gets: " + monkey_3 + " Bananas");
  console.log("-------------------------------");
}

Please let me know if this worked for you by selecting it as the correct answer. Thank you.

dimenum

It is amazing that Avan finds the time to reply to guys like us! Kudos!