Update 31. 7:48am. I finished the FreeCodeCamp basic Javascript course this morning but I feel that I have not fully grasped the concepts yet. But I save the examples on Obsidian and ask for line-by-linee explanation from ChatGPT and Bard.
In this case, I prefer ChatGPT's more natural intonation. Bard feels quite robotic. Or perhaps its response is simply straightforward.
explain this code to me line by line. Write the explanation as comment within the code.
Here is Bard's response...
function rangeOfNumbers(startNum, endNum) { // This function creates an array of numbers from startNum to endNum.
if (endNum < startNum) { // If endNum is less than startNum, return an empty array.
return [];
} else {
const numbers = rangeOfNumbers(startNum, endNum - 1); // Create a new array with the results of calling rangeOfNumbers with startNum and endNum - 1.
numbers.push(endNum); // Add endNum to the end of the array.
return numbers; // Return the array.
}
}
console.log(rangeOfNumbers(1, 5)); // This will print [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] to the console.
...compared to ChatGPT's.
// This is a JavaScript function named rangeOfNumbers that takes two parameters, startNum and endNum.
function rangeOfNumbers(startNum, endNum) {
// Check if the endNum is less than the startNum.
if (endNum < startNum) {
// If endNum is less than startNum, return an empty array.
return [];
} else {
// If endNum is not less than startNum, the function recursively calls itself with startNum and endNum - 1.
const numbers = rangeOfNumbers(startNum, endNum - 1);
// The result of the recursive call is stored in the 'numbers' array.
// Push the current 'endNum' to the 'numbers' array.
numbers.push(endNum);
// Return the 'numbers' array, which contains a range of numbers from 'startNum' to 'endNum'.
return numbers;
}
}
// Call the rangeOfNumbers function with startNum = 1 and endNum = 5, and log the result to the console.
console.log(rangeOfNumbers(1, 5));