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[edit | edit source]// This program asks the user to select Fahrenheit or Celsius conversion
// and input a given temperature. Then the program converts the given
// temperature and displays the result.
//
// References:
// https://www.mathsisfun.com/temperature-conversion.html
// https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/JavaScript
main();
function main()
{
// main could either be an if-else structure or a switch-case structure
var choice;
var temperature;
var result;
choice = getChoice();
// if-else approach
if (choice == "C" || choice == "c") {
temperature = getTemperature("Fahrenheit");
result = calculateCelsius(temperature);
displayResult(temperature, "Fahrenheit", result, "Celsius");
}
else if (choice == "F" || choice == "f") {
temperature = getTemperature("Celsius");
result = calculateFahrenheit(temperature);
displayResult(temperature, "Celsius", result, "Fahrenheit");
}
else {
output("You must enter C to convert to Celsius or F to convert to Fahrenheit!");
}
// switch-case approach
switch(choice) {
case 'C':
case 'c':
temperature = getTemperature("Fahrenheit");
result = calculateCelsius(temperature);
displayResult(temperature, "Fahrenheit", result, "Celsius");
break;
case 'F':
case 'f':
temperature = getTemperature("Celsius");
result = calculateFahrenheit(temperature);
displayResult(temperature, "Celsius", result, "Fahrenheit");
break;
default:
output("You must enter C to convert to Celsius or F to convert to Fahrenheit!");
}
}
function getChoice() {
var choice;
output("Enter C to convert to Celsius or F to convert to Fahrenheit:");
choice = input();
return choice;
}
function getTemperature(label) {
var temperature;
output("Enter " + label + " temperature:");
temperature = input();
return temperature;
}
function calculateCelsius(fahrenheit) {
var celsius;
celsius = (fahrenheit - 32) * 5 / 9;
return celsius;
}
function calculateFahrenheit(celsius) {
var fahrenheit;
fahrenheit = celsius * 9 / 5 + 32;
return fahrenheit;
}
function displayResult(temperature, fromLabel, result, toLabel) {
output(temperature.toString() + "° " + fromLabel + " is " + result + "° " + toLabel);
}
function input(text) {
if (typeof window === 'object') {
return prompt(text)
}
else if (typeof console === 'object') {
const rls = require('readline-sync');
var value = rls.question(text);
return value;
}
else {
output(text);
var isr = new java.io.InputStreamReader(java.lang.System.in);
var br = new java.io.BufferedReader(isr);
var line = br.readLine();
return line.trim();
}
}
function output(text) {
if (typeof document === 'object') {
document.write(text);
}
else if (typeof console === 'object') {
console.log(text);
}
else {
print(text);
}
}
Try It
[edit | edit source]Copy and paste the code above into one of the following free online development environments or use your own JavaScript compiler / interpreter / IDE.
- Chapman.edu: Online JavaScript Interpreter
- CodeChef
- GDB Online
- Ideone
- JS.do
- paiza.IO
- PythonTutor
- repl.it