equal-sides-of-an-array.js

// Equal Sides Of An Array

function findEvenIndex(arr) {
  var sum = 0,
    leftSum = 0;

  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    sum += arr[i];
  }

  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    sum -= arr[i];

    if (leftSum === sum) {
      return i;
    }

    leftSum += arr[i];
  }

  return -1;
}

function findEvenIndex(arr) {
  const reducer = (acc, curr) => acc + curr;
  
  let leftSum = 0
  let rightSum = arr.reduce(reducer, 0);  
  
  arr.forEach((num, i) => {
    rightSum -= num;
    
    if (leftSum === rightSum) {
      return i;
    }
    
    leftSum += num;
  })

  return -1;
}

I tried refactoring this, but it won't work. Can someone help me debug this?

function findEvenIndex(arr) {
  const reducer = (acc, curr) => acc + curr;
  
  let leftSum = 0
  let rightSum = arr.reduce(reducer, 0);  
  
  arr.forEach((num, i) => {
    rightSum -= num;
    
    if (leftSum === rightSum) {
      return i;
    }
    
    leftSum += num;
  })

  return -1;
}

I tried refactoring this, but it won't work. Can someone help me debug this?

your forEach loop won't break when left ==right. try using the conventional loop.

function findEvenIndex(arr) {
  const reducer = (acc, curr) => acc + curr;
  
  let leftSum = 0
  let rightSum = arr.reduce(reducer, 0);  
  
  arr.forEach((num, i) => {
    rightSum -= num;
    
    if (leftSum === rightSum) {
      return i;
    }
    
    leftSum += num;
  })

  return -1;
}

I tried refactoring this, but it won't work. Can someone help me debug this?

Here's a working version of it

function findEvenIndex(arr) {
  let leftSum = 0;
  let rightSum = arr.reduce((acc, curr) => acc + curr, 0) - arr[0];

  if (rightSum === 0) return 0;
  
  for (let i = 0; i < arr.length - 1; i++) {
    leftSum += arr[i];
    rightSum -= arr[i+1];
    if (leftSum === rightSum){
      return i + 1;
    };
  }
  
  if (arr.reduce((acc, curr) => acc + curr, 0) - arr[arr.length - 1] === 0) return arr.length - 1;
  if (!rightSum) return -1;
  return -1;
}