Refactor repeatStr function to handle negative counts and return repeated string

Author: MohammedNaru

Sprint-3/2-practice-tdd/repeat-str.js

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-function repeatStr() {
-  return "hellohellohello";
+function repeatStr(str, count) {
+  if (count < 0) {
+    throw new Error("Count cannot be negative");
+  }
+  return str.repeat(count);
 }
 
 module.exports = repeatStr;

Sprint-3/2-practice-tdd/repeat-str.test.js

@@ -1,32 +1,31 @@
-// Implement a function repeatStr
-const repeatStr = require("./repeat-str");
-// Given a target string str and a positive integer count,
-// When the repeatStr function is called with these inputs,
-// Then it should:
-
-// case: repeat String:
-// Given a target string str and a positive integer count,
-// When the repeatStr function is called with these inputs,
-// Then it should repeat the str count times and return a new string containing the repeated str values.
-
-test("should repeat the string count times", () => {
-  const str = "hello";
-  const count = 3;
-  const repeatedStr = repeatStr(str, count);
-  expect(repeatedStr).toEqual("hellohellohello");
-});
-
 // case: handle Count of 1:
 // Given a target string str and a count equal to 1,
 // When the repeatStr function is called with these inputs,
 // Then it should return the original str without repetition, ensuring that a count of 1 results in no repetition.
+test("should return original string when count is 1", () => {
+  const str = "hello";
+  const count = 1;
+  const repeatedStr = repeatStr(str, count);
+  expect(repeatedStr).toEqual("hello");
+});
 
 // case: Handle Count of 0:
 // Given a target string str and a count equal to 0,
 // When the repeatStr function is called with these inputs,
 // Then it should return an empty string, ensuring that a count of 0 results in an empty output.
+test("should return empty string when count is 0", () => {
+  const str = "hello";
+  const count = 0;
+  const repeatedStr = repeatStr(str, count);
+  expect(repeatedStr).toEqual("");
+});
 
 // case: Negative Count:
 // Given a target string str and a negative integer count,
 // When the repeatStr function is called with these inputs,
 // Then it should throw an error or return an appropriate error message, as negative counts are not valid.
+test("should throw an error for negative count", () => {
+  const str = "hello";
+  const count = -3;
+  expect(() => repeatStr(str, count)).toThrow();
+});