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Refactoring a Function for Efficiency and Legibility

I need to rewrite the body of the function to make a single return statement and declare no variables.

function labyrinth(x, y) {
  var x = 4 * x * y;
  var y = 3 * y + 5;
  var z = x + y;
  return z;
}

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function labyrinth(x, y) {
  return ((4xy) + (3y + 5));
}
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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An addition is usually cheaper than a multiplication.

In your solution, you have,

function labyrinth(x, y) {
    return ((4 * x * y) + (3 * y + 5));
}

Three multiplications and two additions.

In my solution, I have,

function labyrinth(x, y) {
    return (((4 * x) + 3) * y) + 5;
}

Two multiplications and two additions.

For legibility, I parenthesized my expressions.

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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