function toPounds

Author: asandagwala

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

@@ -4,3 +4,27 @@
 // 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
+function toPounds(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");
+
+    const result = `£${pounds}.${pence}`;
+return result
+}
+console.log(toPounds("399p"))