Discussion on: Daily Challenge #4 - Checkbook Balancing

[official_dulin]

Go:

import (
  "bufio"
  "fmt"
  "log"
  "regexp"
  "strconv"
  "strings"
)

var re = regexp.MustCompile(`(?mi)[^A-Za-z0-9\s\.]`)

func Balance(book string) string {
  var r []string
  book = re.ReplaceAllString(book, "")

  scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(book))
  var (
    balance, total, average float64
    err                     error
  )
  i := 0
  for scanner.Scan() {
    text := scanner.Text()
    if text == "" {
      continue
    }
    if i == 0 {
      balance, err = strconv.ParseFloat(text, 32)
      if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
      }
      r = append(r, fmt.Sprintf("Original Balance: %.2f", balance))
    } else {
      texts := strings.Split(text, " ")
      cost, err := strconv.ParseFloat(texts[2], 32)
      if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
      }
      text = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %.2f", texts[0], texts[1], cost)
      total += cost
      balance = balance - cost
      r = append(r, fmt.Sprintf("%s Balance %.2f", text, balance))
    }
    i++
  }
  average = total / float64(len(r)-1)
  r = append(r, fmt.Sprintf("Total expense  %.2f", total), fmt.Sprintf("Average expense  %.2f", average))
  if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
  }
  return strings.Join(r, "\n")
}