convert to pounds

Author: Christelle-b

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

@@ -4,3 +4,22 @@
 // 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
+
+//let penceString = "399p";
+
+function convertToPounds(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(convertToPounds("459p"));
+console.log(convertToPounds("9p"));
+console.log(convertToPounds("399p"));
+
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