JavaScript: Volume of a Sphere

JavaScript Math: Exercise-63 with Solution

Volume of a Sphere

Write a JavaScript program to calculate the volume of a Sphere.

From Wikipedia -
A sphere is a geometrical object that is a three-dimensional analogue to a two-dimensional circle. A sphere is the set of points that are all at the same distance r from a given point in three-dimensional space.That given point is the centre of the sphere, and r is the sphere's radius. The earliest known mentions of spheres appear in the work of the ancient Greek mathematicians.

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Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

// Define a function volume_Sphere that calculates the volume of a sphere given its radius.
const volume_Sphere = (radius) => {
  // Check if the radius is a number and positive.
  is_Number(radius, 'Radius');
  // Return the volume of the sphere.
  return (4 / 3 * Math.PI * radius ** 3);
}

// Define a function is_Number that checks if a given value is a number and positive.
const is_Number = (n, n_name = 'number') => {
  // If the given value is not a number, throw a TypeError.
  if (typeof n !== 'number') {
    throw new TypeError('The ' + n_name + ' is not Number type!');
  } 
  // If the given value is negative or not a finite number, throw an Error.
  else if (n < 0 || (!Number.isFinite(n))) {
    throw new Error('The ' + n_name + ' must be a positive values!');
  }
}

// Call the volume_Sphere function with valid and invalid arguments and output the results.
console.log(volume_Sphere(4.0));
console.log(volume_Sphere('4.0'));
console.log(volume_Sphere(-4.0));

Output:

268.082573106329
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Uncaught TypeError: The Radius is not Number type! 
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Uncaught Error: The Radius must be a positive values! 
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Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-math-exercise-63 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a JavaScript function that calculates the volume of a sphere using the formula (4/3)πr³ and checks that the radius is valid.
• Write a JavaScript function that computes the sphere's volume and formats the output to a fixed number of decimal places.
• Write a JavaScript function that returns an object containing both the volume and surface area of a sphere.
• Write a JavaScript function that calculates the volume of a sphere and compares it to the volume of a cylinder with the same radius and height.

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