Learn Functional Programming by Building a Spreadsheet - Step 85

[mahdaouiilyas]

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i don’t know how to solve this challenge
Your apply function should call the spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()] function.

Your code so far

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const applyFunction = str => {
  const noHigh = highPrecedence(str);
  const infix = /([\d.]+)([+-])([\d.]+)/;
  const str2 = infixEval(noHigh, infix);
  const functionCall = /([a-z0-9]*)\(([0-9., ]*)\)(?!.*\()/i;
  const toNumberList = args => args.split(",").map(parseFloat);
  const apply = (fn, args) => spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()].toNumberList(args);
}

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Learn Functional Programming by Building a Spreadsheet - Step 85

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[bbsmooth]

I’ve edited your code for readability. When you enter a code block into a forum post, please precede it with a separate line of three backticks and follow it with a separate line of three backticks to make it easier to read.

You can also use the “preformatted text” tool in the editor (</>) to add backticks around text.

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[bbsmooth]

A question for you. Do you understand what the value of spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()] is?

[Teller]

Hi @mahdaouiilyas

Pass in the result of calling toNumberList with args as an argument.

You code has it as a method rather than a call.

@mahdaouiilyas

const apply = (fn, args) => spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()].toNumberList(args);

Happy coding

[mahdaouiilyas]

fn represent the key inside spreadsheetFunctions object, and it will access a function based on the fn value . right!!!

[bbsmooth]

@mahdaouiilyas

spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()]

If you are saying that spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()] resolves to the name of a function then you are correct. And then of course you call a function using parentheses, passing in any arguments to the function inside of the parentheses.