Discussion on: Daily Challenge #218 - Possible Sides of a Non-Right Triangle

[Matt Lott]

JavaScript

const side_len = (a, b) => {
  const results = []
  for (let i = Math.abs(b - a) + 1; i < a + b; i++) {
    if (Math.hypot(a, b) !== i) results.push(i)
  }
  return results
}

const test = (a, b, expected) => {
  const result = side_len(a, b)
  console.log(`a: ${a} b: ${b} e: ${expected} r: ${result}`)
}

test(1, 1, [1])
test(3, 4, [2, 3, 4, 6])
test(4, 6, [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])
test(6, 8, [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13])
test(5, 12, [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16])
test(8, 10, [3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17])