Given a 3 x 4 grid of pipes, underscores, and spaces, determine which number is represented, or whether it is garbled.
To begin with, convert a simple binary font to a string containing 0 or 1.
The binary font uses pipes and underscores, four rows high and three columns wide.
_ #
| | # zero.
|_| #
# the fourth row is always blank
Is converted to "0"
#
| # one.
| #
# (blank fourth row)
Is converted to "1"
If the input is the correct size, but not recognizable, your program should return '?'
If the input is the incorrect size, your program should return an error.
Update your program to recognize multi-character binary strings, replacing garbled numbers with ?
Update your program to recognize all numbers 0 through 9, both individually and as part of a larger string.
_
_|
|_
Is converted to "2"
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ #
| _| _||_||_ |_ ||_||_|| | # decimal numbers.
||_ _| | _||_| ||_| _||_| #
# fourth line is always blank
Is converted to "1234567890"
Update your program to handle multiple numbers, one per line. When converting several lines, join the lines with commas.
_ _
| _| _|
||_ _|
_ _
|_||_ |_
| _||_|
_ _ _
||_||_|
||_| _|
Is converted to "123,456,789"
Go through the setup instructions for JavaScript to install the necessary dependencies:
http://exercism.io/languages/javascript/installation
The provided test suite uses Jasmine. You can install it by opening a terminal window and running the following command:
npm install -g jasmineRun the test suite from the exercise directory with:
jasmine ocr-numbers.spec.jsIn many test suites all but the first test have been marked "pending".
Once you get a test passing, activate the next one by changing xit to it.
Inspired by the Bank OCR kata http://codingdojo.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?KataBankOCR
It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.