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Alfredo Salzillo
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Can you hack this? #2

#challenge #fun #javascript

Write an isEven function to check if a number is even without using the modulus operator.

const isEven = (n) => ...

isEven(2) // => true 
isEven('127') // => false
isEven('12abc2') // => false
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Jonathan ARNAULT • • Edited

One liner solution :

const isEven = (n) => (+n && (n & 1)) === 0
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PyBash •

Solved!

const isEven = (n) => {
  q = n/2
  ans = q===parseInt(q)
  if (ans==true) {
    return true
  }
  else {
    return false
  }
}

console.log(isEven(2)) // => true
console.log(isEven(127)) // => false
console.log(isEven('127')) // => false
console.log(isEven('12abc2')) // => false
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Conner Ow •

Instead of doing

if (ans==true) {
    return true
  }
  else {
    return false
  }
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Try

return ans == true;
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Omicron • 
isEven=n=>!!(+n+1<<31)
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Vinicius Cainelli • • Edited

Without convert to Number

const isEven = (n) => {
  const rgx = new RegExp('^\d*[02468]$')
  return rgx.test(n)
};
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Ido David •

another solution:
isEven = (num) => Number.isInteger(num) && (!(num & 1))

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Alfredo Salzillo •

Can anyone solve it without converting into a number?

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Conner Ow •

I don't know if that's possible. I mean, using the parseInt function could work if someone inputs a string.

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Alfredo Salzillo •

A Little help, you can use a regexp

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Angelo Caci •

const isEven = (n) => !!n.toString().match("^[0-9]*[02468]$");

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