Printing Shapes

• Objective - To create a shape-printer using console.log.
• Purpose - To establish familiarity with basic Javascript.
• Description
  • You are provided with a file located at ./assets/js/shapes.js
  • Edit the file by defining each of the respective function-stubs.
  • The objective is to create a program which will return Strings representative of particular shapes with dimensions dependent on user-input.

Part 1 - Clone the project

• Begin by forking this project into a personal repository.
  • To do this, click the Fork button located at the top right of this page.
• Navigate to your github profile to find the newly forked repository.
• Clone the repository from your account into the ~/dev directory.
• Open the newly cloned project in a code editor (Visual Studio Code, for example).

Part 2 - Printing line

• Complete definition of the getLine function-stub located in ./assets/js/shapes.js.
  • The function should ask user to input lengthprint a solid line of the requested length using asterisks.
• Test the function by calling it from ./assets/js/header-functions.js, then opening the insepctor-tool on the ./index.html document.

Example:

Input length: 7

Shape:
*******

Part 3 - Printing box

• Finish defining the getBox function-stub located in ./assets/js/shapes.js.
  • The function should ask user to input width and height and prints a solid rectangular box of the requested size using asterisks.
• Test the function by calling it from ./assets/js/header-functions.js, then opening the insepctor-tool on the ./index.html document.

Example:

Input width: 7
Input height: 4

Shape:
*******
*******
*******
*******

Part 4 - Checkerboard

• Finish defining the getCheckerboard function-stub located in ./assets/js/shapes.js.
  • The function should ask user to input width and height and prints a rectangular checkerboard of the requested size using asterisks and spaces (alternating)
• Test the function by calling it from ./assets/js/header-functions.js, then opening the insepctor-tool on the ./index.html document.

Example:

Example:
Input width: 11
Input height: 6

Shape:
* * * * * *
 * * * * * 
* * * * * *
 * * * * *
* * * * * *
 * * * * *

Part 5 - Cross

• Finish defining the getCross function-stub located in ./assets/js/shapes.js.
  • The function should require input for a length, and print a diagonal cross of that dimension.
• Test the function by calling it from ./assets/js/header-functions.js, then opening the insepctor-tool on the ./index.html document.

Example:

Example:
Input length: 8

Shape:
*      *
 *    *
  *  *
   **
   **
  *  *
 *    *
*      *

Part 6 - Lower Triangle

• Finish defining the getLowerTriangle function-stub located in ./assets/js/shapes.js.
  • The function should require input for a length, and print the bottom-left half of a square, given the side length.
• Test the function by calling it from ./assets/js/header-functions.js, then opening the insepctor-tool on the ./index.html document.

Example:

Example:
Input length: 6

Shape:
*
**
***
****
*****
******

Part 7 - Upper Triangle

• Finish defining the getUpperTriangle function-stub located in ./assets/js/shapes.js.
  • The function should require input for a length, and print the top-right half of a square, given the side length.
• Test the function by calling it from ./assets/js/header-functions.js, then opening the insepctor-tool on the ./index.html document.

Example:

Example:
Input length: 5

Shape:
*****
 ****
  ***
   **
    *

Part 8 - Upside Down Trapezoid

• Finish defining the getUpsideDownTrapezoid function-stub located in ./assets/js/shapes.js.

  • The function should require input for a widthand height, and print an upside-down trapezoid of given width and height.
  • If the input height is impossibly large for the given width, then the program should report, Impossible shape!

• Test the function by calling it from ./assets/js/header-functions.js, then opening the insepctor-tool on the ./index.html document.

Example:

Example 1:
Input width: 12
Input height: 5

Shape:
************
 **********
  ********
   ******
    ****

Example 2:
Input width: 12
Input height: 7

Impossible shape!