---
id: 646d44da986f2bc9b72f5fe2
title: Step 82
challengeType: 0
dashedName: step-82
---

# --description--

Declare a `toNumberList` function which takes an `args` parameter, and returns the result of splitting the `args` by commas, and mapping the resulting array to `parseFloat`.

# --hints--

You should declare a `toNumberList` variable.

```js
assert.match(code, /const\s+applyFunction\s*=\s*\(?\s*str\s*\)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*const\s+noHigh\s*=\s*highPrecedence\(\s*str\s*\);?\s*const\s+infix\s*=\s*\/\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\(\[(?:\+-|-\+)\]\)\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\/;?\s*const\s+str2\s*=\s*infixEval\(\s*noHigh\s*,\s*infix\s*\);?\s*const\s+functionCall\s*=\s*\/\(\[a-z\]\*\)\\\(\(\[0-9\., \]\*\)\\\)\(\?!\.\*\\\(\)\/i;?\s*(?:const|let|var)\s+toNumberList\s*=/);
```

You should use `const` to declare your `toNumberList` variable.

```js
assert.match(code, /const\s+applyFunction\s*=\s*\(?\s*str\s*\)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*const\s+noHigh\s*=\s*highPrecedence\(\s*str\s*\);?\s*const\s+infix\s*=\s*\/\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\(\[(?:\+-|-\+)\]\)\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\/;?\s*const\s+str2\s*=\s*infixEval\(\s*noHigh\s*,\s*infix\s*\);?\s*const\s+functionCall\s*=\s*\/\(\[a-z\]\*\)\\\(\(\[0-9\., \]\*\)\\\)\(\?!\.\*\\\(\)\/i;?\s*const\s+toNumberList\s*=/);
```

Your `toNumberList` variable should be an arrow function.

```js
assert.match(code, /const\s+applyFunction\s*=\s*\(?\s*str\s*\)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*const\s+noHigh\s*=\s*highPrecedence\(\s*str\s*\);?\s*const\s+infix\s*=\s*\/\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\(\[(?:\+-|-\+)\]\)\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\/;?\s*const\s+str2\s*=\s*infixEval\(\s*noHigh\s*,\s*infix\s*\);?\s*const\s+functionCall\s*=\s*\/\(\[a-z\]\*\)\\\(\(\[0-9\., \]\*\)\\\)\(\?!\.\*\\\(\)\/i;?\s*const\s+toNumberList\s*=\s*(\(\s*(?:args)?\s*\)|args)\s*=>/);
```

Your `toNumberList` function should have an `args` parameter.

```js
assert.match(code, /const\s+applyFunction\s*=\s*\(?\s*str\s*\)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*const\s+noHigh\s*=\s*highPrecedence\(\s*str\s*\);?\s*const\s+infix\s*=\s*\/\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\(\[(?:\+-|-\+)\]\)\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\/;?\s*const\s+str2\s*=\s*infixEval\(\s*noHigh\s*,\s*infix\s*\);?\s*const\s+functionCall\s*=\s*\/\(\[a-z\]\*\)\\\(\(\[0-9\., \]\*\)\\\)\(\?!\.\*\\\(\)\/i;?\s*const\s+toNumberList\s*=\s*(\(\s*args\s*\)|args)\s*=>/);
```

Your `toNumberList` function should use an implicit return.

```js
assert.notMatch(code, /const\s+applyFunction\s*=\s*\(?\s*str\s*\)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*const\s+noHigh\s*=\s*highPrecedence\(\s*str\s*\);?\s*const\s+infix\s*=\s*\/\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\(\[(?:\+-|-\+)\]\)\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\/;?\s*const\s+str2\s*=\s*infixEval\(\s*noHigh\s*,\s*infix\s*\);?\s*const\s+functionCall\s*=\s*\/\(\[a-z\]\*\)\\\(\(\[0-9\., \]\*\)\\\)\(\?!\.\*\\\(\)\/i;?\s*const\s+toNumberList\s*=\s*(\(\s*args\s*\)|args)\s*=>\s*\{/);
```

Your `toNumberList` function should return the result of calling the `.split()` method of `args`.

```js
assert.match(code, /const\s+applyFunction\s*=\s*\(?\s*str\s*\)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*const\s+noHigh\s*=\s*highPrecedence\(\s*str\s*\);?\s*const\s+infix\s*=\s*\/\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\(\[(?:\+-|-\+)\]\)\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\/;?\s*const\s+str2\s*=\s*infixEval\(\s*noHigh\s*,\s*infix\s*\);?\s*const\s+functionCall\s*=\s*\/\(\[a-z\]\*\)\\\(\(\[0-9\., \]\*\)\\\)\(\?!\.\*\\\(\)\/i;?\s*const\s+toNumberList\s*=\s*(\(\s*args\s*\)|args)\s*=>\s*args\.split\(/);
```

You should split `args` on the `,` character.

```js
assert.match(code, /const\s+applyFunction\s*=\s*\(?\s*str\s*\)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*const\s+noHigh\s*=\s*highPrecedence\(\s*str\s*\);?\s*const\s+infix\s*=\s*\/\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\(\[(?:\+-|-\+)\]\)\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\/;?\s*const\s+str2\s*=\s*infixEval\(\s*noHigh\s*,\s*infix\s*\);?\s*const\s+functionCall\s*=\s*\/\(\[a-z\]\*\)\\\(\(\[0-9\., \]\*\)\\\)\(\?!\.\*\\\(\)\/i;?\s*const\s+toNumberList\s*=\s*(?:\(\s*args\s*\)|args)\s*=>\s*args\.split\(\s*('|"|`),\1\s*\)/);
```

You should chain the `.map()` method to the `.split()` method.

```js
assert.match(code, /const\s+applyFunction\s*=\s*\(?\s*str\s*\)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*const\s+noHigh\s*=\s*highPrecedence\(\s*str\s*\);?\s*const\s+infix\s*=\s*\/\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\(\[(?:\+-|-\+)\]\)\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\/;?\s*const\s+str2\s*=\s*infixEval\(\s*noHigh\s*,\s*infix\s*\);?\s*const\s+functionCall\s*=\s*\/\(\[a-z\]\*\)\\\(\(\[0-9\., \]\*\)\\\)\(\?!\.\*\\\(\)\/i;?\s*const\s+toNumberList\s*=\s*(?:\(\s*args\s*\)|args)\s*=>\s*args\.split\(\s*('|"|`),\1\s*\)\.map\(/);
```

You should pass a reference to `parseFloat` as the callback to `.map()`.

```js
assert.match(code, /const\s+applyFunction\s*=\s*\(?\s*str\s*\)?\s*=>\s*\{\s*const\s+noHigh\s*=\s*highPrecedence\(\s*str\s*\);?\s*const\s+infix\s*=\s*\/\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\(\[(?:\+-|-\+)\]\)\(\[(?:\\d\.|\.\\d)\]\+\)\/;?\s*const\s+str2\s*=\s*infixEval\(\s*noHigh\s*,\s*infix\s*\);?\s*const\s+functionCall\s*=\s*\/\(\[a-z\]\*\)\\\(\(\[0-9\., \]\*\)\\\)\(\?!\.\*\\\(\)\/i;?\s*const\s+toNumberList\s*=\s*(?:\(\s*args\s*\)|args)\s*=>\s*args\.split\(\s*('|"|`),\1\s*\)\.map\(\s*parseFloat\s*\);?/);
```


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```js
const infixToFunction = {
  "+": (x, y) => x + y,
  "-": (x, y) => x - y,
  "*": (x, y) => x * y,
  "/": (x, y) => x / y,
}

const infixEval = (str, regex) => str.replace(regex, (_match, arg1, operator, arg2) => infixToFunction[operator](parseFloat(arg1), parseFloat(arg2)));

const highPrecedence = str => {
  const regex = /([\d.]+)([*\/])([\d.]+)/;
  const str2 = infixEval(str, regex);
  return str === str2 ? str : highPrecedence(str2);
}

const isEven = num => num % 2 === 0;
const sum = nums => nums.reduce((acc, el) => acc + el, 0);
const average = nums => sum(nums) / nums.length;

const median = nums => {
  const sorted = nums.slice().sort((a, b) => a - b);
  const length = sorted.length;
  const middle = length / 2 - 1;
  return isEven(length)
    ? average([sorted[middle], sorted[middle + 1]])
    : sorted[Math.ceil(middle)];
}

const spreadsheetFunctions = {
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  average,
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}

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const applyFunction = str => {
  const noHigh = highPrecedence(str);
  const infix = /([\d.]+)([+-])([\d.]+)/;
  const str2 = infixEval(noHigh, infix);
  const functionCall = /([a-z]*)\(([0-9., ]*)\)(?!.*\()/i;

}
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const range = (start, end) => Array(end - start + 1).fill(start).map((element, index) => element + index);
const charRange = (start, end) => range(start.charCodeAt(0), end.charCodeAt(0)).map(code => String.fromCharCode(code));

const evalFormula = (x, cells) => {
  const idToText = id => cells.find(cell => cell.id === id).value;
  const rangeRegex = /([A-J])([1-9][0-9]?):([A-J])([1-9][0-9]?)/gi;
  const rangeFromString = (num1, num2) => range(parseInt(num1), parseInt(num2));
  const elemValue = num => character => idToText(character + num);
  const addCharacters = character1 => character2 => num => charRange(character1, character2).map(elemValue(num));
  const rangeExpanded = x.replace(rangeRegex, (_match, char1, num1, char2, num2) => rangeFromString(num1, num2).map(addCharacters(char1)(char2)));
  const cellRegex = /[A-J][1-9][0-9]?/gi;
  const cellExpanded = rangeExpanded.replace(cellRegex, match => idToText(match.toUpperCase()));
}

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  const createLabel = (name) => {
    const label = document.createElement("div");
    label.className = "label";
    label.textContent = name;
    container.appendChild(label);
  }
  const letters = charRange("A", "J");
  letters.forEach(createLabel);
  range(1, 99).forEach(number => {
    createLabel(number);
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