Tarun Y — R50-T023: Cross-check rodCut (RodCutting.js) [Dynamic-Programming/RodCutting.js] #23

Student: Tarun Y

Task: R50-T023 · 3 of 10
Repository: https://github.com/S-AI-Projects/TheAlgorithms-JavaScript
Assigned working branch: student/e26b07f0633

Goal

Work on Dynamic-Programming/RodCutting.js. Compare rodCut against a small independent reference for the same domain. Preserve the documented output type, shape, ordering and input-mutation behavior; compare fresh equivalent inputs under controlled external state. Fixture: Use the smallest valid input and one ordinary input for rodCut from Dynamic-Programming/RodCutting.js. Write the literal inputs and independently calculated expected outputs in the tests before editing the implementation. The check must name the source line establishing each precondition.

Steps

1. Read Dynamic-Programming/RodCutting.js, especially rodCut near line 6. Record its public inputs, result, mutation behavior and any external dependencies before changing it.
2. Write the simplest independently understandable oracle for small inputs, or calculate a fixed expected-result table when an oracle would duplicate the same algorithm.
3. Enumerate at least 20 small valid inputs (or the entire domain if smaller) and compare outputs, ignoring only ordering the contract explicitly leaves unspecified.
4. Implement work/R50-T023/check.py as a focused runner that executes the new checks and propagates failures. Native check to incorporate: run the repository test script in non-watch mode after installing from its lockfile; for browser-only code use a browser test instead of plain Node. Record the actual command and nonzero test count.
5. Create the checks specified below and run python3 work/R50-T023/check.py. Save inputs, expected versus actual results and tool versions in work/R50-T023/; a check must exit non-zero when an assertion fails.
6. Commit the repository change on branch R50-T023; prepare a PR to the organisation fork explaining the result and linking the checks. Keep each task independently reviewable. Remove work/R50-T023/ from a later upstream branch.

Done when

☐ The checked behavior is tied to rodCut in Dynamic-Programming/RodCutting.js; every assertion has an explicit expected value.
☐ Use the smallest valid input and one ordinary input for rodCut from Dynamic-Programming/RodCutting.js. Write the literal inputs and independently calculated expected outputs in the tests before editing the implementation. The check must name the source line establishing each precondition.
☐ Existing supported behavior and the public interface are preserved unless a failing regression demonstrates and documents a defect.
☐ The oracle uses a different method or a reviewed explicit result table; it does not call the function under test.
☐ A mismatch is reduced to a minimal reproducible case and documented before any fix.

Submission checklist

• Complete this task and its checks.
• Add the required evidence and link your pull request here.
• Select this S-AI-Projects fork as the PR base repository.
• Request instructor review.

Keep this PR focused on this task. Do not submit assignment PRs to the upstream repository.