Review Algorithmic Thinking by Building a Dice Game - Step 14

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Tell us what’s happening:

I am receiving the following error when checking my code:

“If a large straight is rolled, your checkForStraights function should also enable the fourth radio button, set the value to 30, and update the displayed text to , score = 30.”

Which doesn’t make sense because a large straight would be the 5th button with a value of 40. When I change the values I pass into updateRadio options with 5 and 30 as suggested by the error I then receive this error:

“If a large straight is rolled, your checkForStraights function should enable the fifth radio button, set the value to 40, and update the displayed text to , score = 0.”

This error makes no sense to me; if a large straight is rolled why would the score be 0?

Your code so far

<!-- file: index.html -->


/* file: styles.css */


/* file: script.js */
// User Editable Region

const checkForStraights = (arr) => {
  const sortedNumbersArr = arr.sort((a, b) => {
    return a - b;
  });
  const uniqueNumbersArr = [...new Set(sortedNumbersArr)]; 
  const uniqueNumbersStr = uniqueNumbersArr.join("");
  const smallStraightsArr = ["1234", "2345", "3456"];
  const largeStraightsArr = ["12345", "23456"];
  if (smallStraightsArr.includes(uniqueNumbersStr)) {
    updateRadioOption(3, 30);
  } else if (largeStraightsArr.includes(uniqueNumbersStr)) {
    updateRadioOption(4, 40);
  } else {
    updateRadioOption(5, 0);
  }
};
rollDiceBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
  if (rolls === 3) {
    alert("You have made three rolls this round. Please select a score.");
  } else {
    rolls++;
    resetRadioOptions();
    rollDice();
    updateStats();
    getHighestDuplicates(diceValuesArr);
    detectFullHouse(diceValuesArr);
  checkForStraights(diceValuesArr);
  }
});

// User Editable Region

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Review Algorithmic Thinking by Building a Dice Game - Step 14

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As always I find the solution as soon as I post a question. I needed to enable BOTH the 4th and 5th radio buttons for a large straight, not just the 5th. A large straight includes a small straight

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