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99 * @return {string[]}
1010 */
1111export const recite = (initialBottlesCount, takeDownCount = 1) => {
12 throw new Error('Remove this line and implement the function');
12 // Edge Case: Invalid input types
13 if (typeof initialBottlesCount !== 'number' || typeof takeDownCount !== 'number') {
14 throw new Error('Inputs must be numbers');
15 }
16
17 // Edge Case: Negative takeDownCount
18 if (takeDownCount < 0) {
19 throw new Error('takeDownCount must be non-negative');
20 }
21
22 // Edge Case: Initial count greater than 99
23 if (initialBottlesCount > 99) {
24 throw new Error('initialBottlesCount must not exceed 99');
25 }
26
27 const result = [];
28 let currentBottles = initialBottlesCount;
29
30 for (let i = 0; i < takeDownCount; i++) {
31 // Edge Case: When we reach negative bottles, stop reciting
32 if (currentBottles < 0) {
33 break;
34 }
35
36 // Handle the special case for 0 bottles
37 if (currentBottles === 0) {
38 result.push('No more bottles of beer on the wall, no more bottles of beer.');
39 result.push('Go to the store and buy some more, 99 bottles of beer on the wall.');
40 // Edge Case: After reaching 0, we don't continue to negative numbers in a single recitation
41 break;
42 }
43
44 // Determine bottle text (singular vs plural)
45 const currentBottleText = currentBottles === 1 ? 'bottle' : 'bottles';
46 const nextBottleText = (currentBottles - 1) === 1 ? 'bottle' : 'bottles';
47
48 // Determine next bottle count text
49 const nextBottleCount = currentBottles - 1 > 0 ?
50 `${currentBottles - 1}` :
51 (currentBottles - 1 === 0 ? 'no more' : '99');
52
53 // Handle special case for 1 bottle (different verb)
54 const action = currentBottles === 1 ? 'Take it down and pass it around' : 'Take one down and pass it around';
55
56 // Add the two lines of the verse
57 result.push(`${currentBottles} ${currentBottleText} of beer on the wall, ${currentBottles} ${currentBottleText} of beer.`);
58 result.push(`${action}, ${nextBottleCount} ${nextBottleText} of beer on the wall.`);
59
60 // Move to the next verse
61 currentBottles--;
62
63 // Add empty line between verses, except for the last one
64 if (i < takeDownCount - 1 && currentBottles >= 0) {
65 result.push('');
66 }
67 }
68
69 return result;
1370};
71
72// Handled Edge Cases: Invalid input types, negative takeDownCount, initial count greater than 99, reaching negative bottles, special case for 0 bottles, singular vs plural bottle text, different verb for 1 bottle, empty line between verses
Test NameStatus
first generic verse
Pass
last generic verse
Pass
verse with 2 bottles
Pass
verse with 1 bottle
Pass
verse with 0 bottles
Pass
first two verses
Pass
last three verses
Pass
all verses
Pass

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