JavaScript: Convert an amount to coins
JavaScript Function: Exercise-14 with Solution
Write a JavaScript function to convert an amount into coins.
Sample function : amountTocoins(46, [25, 10, 5, 2, 1])
Here 46 is the amount. and 25, 10, 5, 2, 1 are coins.
Output : 25, 10, 10, 1
Sample Solution: -
HTML Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Write a JavaScript function to convert an amount to coins.</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript Code:
function amountTocoins(amount, coins)
{
if (amount === 0)
{
return [];
}
else
{
if (amount >= coins[0])
{
left = (amount - coins[0]);
return [coins[0]].concat( amountTocoins(left, coins) );
}
else
{
coins.shift();
return amountTocoins(amount, coins);
}
}
}
console.log(amountTocoins(46, [25, 10, 5, 2,1]));
Sample Output:
[25,10,10,1]
Flowchart:

Live Demo:
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