Learn Recursion by Building a Decimal to Binary Converter - Step 97

JavaScript
1

Tell us what’s happening:

I have passed this step . I just want to know that when function decimalToBinary is called why the return value from from function is not displaying .
Why it is displaying result like decimalToBinary(5) instead of decimalToBinary(101)

Your code so far

<!-- file: index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Decimal to Binary Converter</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Decimal to Binary Converter</h1>
    <div class="input-container">
      <label for="number-input">Enter a decimal number:</label>
      <input
        value=""
        type="number"
        name="decimal number input"
        id="number-input"
        class="number-input"
      />
      <button class="convert-btn" id="convert-btn">Convert</button>
    </div>
    <output id="result" for="number-input"></output>
    <div id="animation-container"></div>
    <script src="script.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

/* file: styles.css */
*,
*::before,
*::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

:root {
  --light-grey: #f5f6f7;
  --dark-blue: #1b1b32;
  --orange: #f1be32;
}

body {
  background-color: var(--dark-blue);
  font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  color: var(--light-grey);
  padding: 0 15px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

h1 {
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 2.3rem;
  margin: 20px 0;
}

.input-container {
  margin: 10px 0;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 10px;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}

.convert-btn {
  background-color: var(--orange);
  cursor: pointer;
  border: none;
  padding: 4px;
}

.number-input {
  height: 25px;
}

#result {
  margin: 10px 0;
  min-width: 200px;
  width: fit-content;
  min-height: 80px;
  word-break: break-word;
  padding: 15px;
  border: 5px solid var(--orange);
  font-size: 2rem;
  text-align: center;
}

#animation-container {
  margin: auto;
  max-width: 300px;
}

.animation-frame {
  margin: 250px auto 0;
  padding: 15px 10px;
  border: 5px solid var(--orange);
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  text-align: center;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 500px) {
  .input-container {
    flex-direction: row;
  }

  #result {
    max-width: 460px;
  }
}

/* file: script.js */
const numberInput = document.getElementById("number-input");
const convertBtn = document.getElementById("convert-btn");
const result = document.getElementById("result");
const animationContainer = document.getElementById("animation-container");
const animationData = [
  {
    inputVal: 5,
    marginTop: 300,
    addElDelay: 1000
  },
  {
    inputVal: 2,
    marginTop: -200,
    addElDelay: 1500
  },
  {
    inputVal: 1,
    marginTop: -200,
    addElDelay: 2000
  }
];

const decimalToBinary = (input) => {
  if (input === 0 || input === 1) {
    return String(input);
  } else {
    return decimalToBinary(Math.floor(input / 2)) + (input % 2);
  }
};

const showAnimation = () => {
  result.innerText = "Call Stack Animation";

  animationData.forEach((obj) => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      animationContainer.innerHTML += `
        <p id="${obj.inputVal}" style="margin-top: ${obj.marginTop}px;" class="animation-frame">

// User Editable Region

decimalToBinary(${obj.inputVal}

// User Editable Region

        </p>
      `;
    }, obj.addElDelay);
  });
};

const checkUserInput = () => {
  const inputInt = parseInt(numberInput.value);

  if (!numberInput.value || isNaN(inputInt) || inputInt < 0) {
    alert("Please provide a decimal number greater than or equal to 0");
    return;
  }

  if (inputInt === 5) {
    showAnimation();
    return;
  }

  result.textContent = decimalToBinary(inputInt);
  numberInput.value = "";
};

convertBtn.addEventListener("click", checkUserInput);

numberInput.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
  if (e.key === "Enter") {
    checkUserInput();
  }
});

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Challenge Information:

Learn Recursion by Building a Decimal to Binary Converter - Step 97

2

I think you are asking why does typing 5 into the input get changed to the binary value 101?

If that is not your question, can you clarify your question?

3

Hi!
It’s because of the showAnimation function, in letter when you complete the whole challenge. You should see the exact binary number in output after showAnimation function will end.

4

It’s just vice versa I was asking , why it doesn’t display 101 instead of displaying decimalToBinary(5) in should have displayed decimalToBinary(101) .

5

see the above objects first key/pair`s.

also see this and think about it. the Call Stack Animation is showing that values on the screen. see the image below, that is the display of input 5 converted into binary 101 in output div. that is showing after whole dicemal to binary challange is finished.
binary

call stack

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