'use strict'; function buildRange(item) { return { start: item, count: 1 }; } function completeRangeWithItem(range, item) { range.end = item; range.step = item - range.start; range.count = 2; } function finalizeCurrentRange(results, currentRange, currentItemRange) { if (currentRange) { // Two elements do not form a range so split them into 2 single elements if (currentRange.count === 2) { results.push(buildRange(currentRange.start)); results.push(buildRange(currentRange.end)); } else { results.push(currentRange); } } if (currentItemRange) { results.push(currentItemRange); } } function compactField(arr) { var results = []; var currentRange = undefined; for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { var currentItem = arr[i]; if (typeof currentItem !== 'number') { // String elements can't form a range finalizeCurrentRange(results, currentRange, buildRange(currentItem)); currentRange = undefined; } else if (!currentRange) { // Start a new range currentRange = buildRange(currentItem); } else if (currentRange.count === 1) { // Guess that the current item starts a range completeRangeWithItem(currentRange, currentItem); } else { if (currentRange.step === currentItem - currentRange.end) { // We found another item that matches the current range currentRange.count++; currentRange.end = currentItem; } else if (currentRange.count === 2) { // The current range can't be continued // Break the first item of the current range into a single element, and try to start a new range with the second item results.push(buildRange(currentRange.start)); currentRange = buildRange(currentRange.end); completeRangeWithItem(currentRange, currentItem); } else { // Persist the current range and start a new one with current item finalizeCurrentRange(results, currentRange); currentRange = buildRange(currentItem); } } } finalizeCurrentRange(results, currentRange); return results; } module.exports = compactField;