Convert pence to pound function

Author: dona-shehu

Sprint-2/3-mandatory-implement/3-to-pounds.js

@@ -4,3 +4,42 @@
 // You will need to declare a function called toPounds with an appropriately named parameter.
 
 // You should call this function a number of times to check it works for different inputs
+
+
+// const penceString = "399p";
+
+// const penceStringWithoutTrailingP = penceString.substring(
+//   0,
+//   penceString.length - 1
+// );
+
+// const paddedPenceNumberString = penceStringWithoutTrailingP.padStart(3, "0");
+// const pounds = paddedPenceNumberString.substring(
+//   0,
+//   paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2
+// );
+
+// const pence = paddedPenceNumberString
+//   .substring(paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2)
+//   .padEnd(2, "0");
+
+// console.log(`£${pounds}.${pence}`);
+
+function convertPenceToPounds(penceString){
+
+    const penceStringWithoutTrailingP = penceString.substring(0,penceString.length - 1);
+
+    const paddedPenceNumberString = penceStringWithoutTrailingP.padStart(3, "0");
+
+    const pounds = paddedPenceNumberString.substring(0, paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2);
+
+    const pence = paddedPenceNumberString.substring(paddedPenceNumberString.length - 2).padEnd(2, "0");
+    return `£${pounds}.${pence}`;
+}
+console.log(convertPenceToPounds("299p"));
+console.log(convertPenceToPounds("499p"));
+console.log(convertPenceToPounds("25p"));
+console.log(convertPenceToPounds("79p"));
+
+
+