JavaScript: Initializes an array containing the numbers in the specified range

JavaScript fundamental (ES6 Syntax): Exercise-222 with Solution

Range Array with Ratio Step

Write a JavaScript program that initializes an array containing the numbers in the specified range. This is where start and end are inclusive and the ratio between the two terms is step. Returns an error if step equals 1.

• Use Array.from(), Math.log() and Math.floor() to create an array of the desired length, Array.prototype.map() to fill with the desired values in a range.
• Omit the second argument, start, to use a default value of 1.
• Omit the third argument, step, to use a default value of 2.

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

// Define a function 'geometricProgression' that generates a geometric progression sequence
const geometricProgression = (end, start = 1, step = 2) =>
  // Create an array based on the length of the geometric progression sequence
  Array.from({ length: Math.floor(Math.log(end / start) / Math.log(step)) + 1 }).map(
    // Generate each element of the sequence based on the start, step, and index
    (v, i) => start * step ** i
  );

// Log the geometric progression sequences with different parameters
console.log(geometricProgression(256));  
console.log(geometricProgression(256, 3));  
console.log(geometricProgression(256, 1, 4));  

Output:

[1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256]
[3,6,12,24,48,96,192]
[1,4,16,64,256]

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For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a JavaScript program that creates an array of numbers in a given range where each term is multiplied by a fixed ratio (step) from the previous.
• Write a JavaScript function that calculates a geometric sequence from a start value to an end value with a specified multiplier.
• Write a JavaScript program that validates the ratio step and returns an error if the step equals 1, otherwise generates the array.
• Write a JavaScript function that uses logarithms to determine the number of terms in a geometric progression given start, end, and step.

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