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55 changes: 31 additions & 24 deletions Conversions/HexToBinary.js
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const binLookup = (c) => {
switch (c.toLowerCase()) {
case '0': return '0000'
case '1': return '0001'
case '2': return '0010'
case '3': return '0011'
case '4': return '0100'
case '5': return '0101'
case '6': return '0110'
case '7': return '0111'
case '8': return '1000'
case '9': return '1001'
case 'a': return '1010'
case 'b': return '1011'
case 'c': return '1100'
case 'd': return '1101'
case 'e': return '1110'
case 'f': return '1111'
default: return ''
}
}
const binLookup = (key) => ({
0: '0000',
1: '0001',
2: '0010',
3: '0011',
4: '0100',
5: '0101',
6: '0110',
7: '0111',
8: '1000',
9: '1001',
a: '1010',
b: '1011',
c: '1100',
d: '1101',
e: '1110',
f: '1111'
}[key.toLowerCase()]) // select the binary number by valid hex key with the help javascript object

const hexToBinary = (hexString) => {
if (typeof hexString !== 'string') {
throw new TypeError('Argument is not a string type')
}

if (/[^\da-f]/gi.test(hexString)) {
throw new Error('Argument is not a valid HEX code!')
}
/*
Function for converting Hex to Binary

1. We convert every hexadecimal bit to 4 binary bits
2. Conversion goes by searching in the lookup table
*/

*/
const hexLexemes = hexString.split('')
return hexLexemes.map(lexeme => binLookup(lexeme)).join('')
return hexString.replace(
/[0-9a-f]/gi,
lexeme => binLookup(lexeme)
)
}

export default hexToBinary
14 changes: 13 additions & 1 deletion Conversions/test/HexToBinary.test.js
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import hexToBinary from '../HexToBinary'

describe('hexToBinary', () => {
describe('Testing hexToBinary', () => {
it('expects throw error in invalid types', () => {
expect(() => hexToBinary(false)).toThrowError()
expect(() => hexToBinary(null)).toThrowError()
expect(() => hexToBinary(23464)).toThrowError()
})

it('expects throw error in invalid hex', () => {
expect(() => hexToBinary('Hello i am not a valid Hex')).toThrowError()
expect(() => hexToBinary('Gf46f')).toThrowError()
expect(() => hexToBinary('M')).toThrowError()
})

it('expects to return correct hexadecimal value', () => {
expect(hexToBinary('8')).toBe('1000')
})
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