Exercise Solutions: Objects & Math¶

At our space base, it is a historic day! Five non-human animals are ready to run a space mission without our assistance! For the exercises, you will use the same five animal objects throughout.

Part 1: Create More Objects¶

Based on the two object literals provided in the starter code, create new object literals for three more animals:

Animal Astronauts¶
Name	Species	Mass (kg)	Age (years)
Brad	Chimpanzee	11	6
Leroy	Beagle	14	5
Almina	Tardigrade	0.0000000001	1

Add a New Property¶

For each animal, add a property called astronautID. Each astronautID should be assigned a number between 1 and 10 (including 10). However, no crew members should have the same ID.

Add a Method¶

Add a move method to each animal object. The move method will select a random number of steps from 0 to 10 for the animal to take. The number can be 0 as well as 10.

Store the Objects¶

Create a crew array to store all of the animal objects.

Part 1 Exercise Solutions¶

let superChimpOne = {
    name: "Chad",
    species: "Chimpanzee",
    mass: 9,
    age: 6,
    astronautID: 1,
    move: function () {return Math.floor(Math.random()*11)}
};

let salamander = {
    name: "Lacey",
    species: "Axolotl Salamander",
    mass: 0.1,
    age: 5,
    astronautID: 2,
    move: function () {return Math.floor(Math.random()*11)}
};

let superChimpTwo = {
    name: "Brad",
    species: "Chimpanzee",
    mass: 11,
    age: 6,
    astronautID: 3,
    move: function () {return Math.floor(Math.random()*11)}
};

let dog = {
    name: "Leroy",
    species: "Beagle",
    mass: 14,
    age: 5,
    astronautID: 4,
    move: function () {return Math.floor(Math.random()*11)}
};

let waterBear = {
    name: "Almina",
    species: "Tardigrade",
    mass: 0.0000000001,
    age: 1,
    astronautID: 5,
    move: function () {return Math.floor(Math.random()*11)}
};

let crew = [superChimpOne, superChimpTwo, salamander, dog, waterBear];


let crew = [superChimpOne, superChimpTwo, salamander, dog, waterBear];

Part 3: Crew Fitness¶

Before these animal astronauts can get ready for launch, they need to take a physical fitness test. Define a fitnessTest function that takes an array as a parameter.

Within the function, race the five animals together by using the move method. An animal is done with the race when they reach 20 steps or greater. Store the result as a string: '____ took ____ turns to take 20 steps.' Fill in the blanks with the animal’s name and race result. Create a new array to store how many turns it takes each animal to complete the race.

Return the array from the function, then print the results to the console (one animal per line).

HINT: There are a lot of different ways to approach this problem. One way that works well is to see how many iterations of the move method it will take for each animal to reach 20 steps.

function fitnessTest(candidates){
 let results = [], numSteps, turns;
 for (let i = 0; i < candidates.length; i++){
     numSteps = 0;
     turns = 0;
     while(numSteps < 20){
     numSteps += candidates[i].move();
     turns++;
     }
     results.push(`${candidates[i].name} took ${turns} turns to take 20 steps.`);
 }
 return results;
}