Given an age in seconds, calculate how old someone would be on:
So if you were told someone were 1,000,000,000 seconds old, you should be able to say that they’re 31.69 Earth-years old.
If you’re wondering why Pluto didn’t make the cut, go watch this youtube video.
The space_age.go “stub file” contains only one line with the correct package name and nothing more. This will be the usual pattern for future exercises. You will need to figure out the function signature(s).
One way to figure out the function signature(s) is to look at the corresponding *_test.go file. It will show the package level functions(s) that the test will use to verify the solution.
The test cases make use of a custom Planet type that is sent to your function.
You will need to implement this custom type yourself.
Implementing this new custom type as a string should suffice.
Look for a stub file having the name space_age.go and place your solution code in that file.
To run the tests run the command go test from within the exercise directory.
If the test suite contains benchmarks, you can run these with the --bench and --benchmem
flags:
go test -v --bench . --benchmem
Keep in mind that each reviewer will run benchmarks on a different machine, with different specs, so the results from these benchmark tests may vary.
For more detailed information about the Go track, including how to get help if you’re having trouble, please visit the exercism.io Go language page.
Partially inspired by Chapter 1 in Chris Pine’s online Learn to Program tutorial. http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/?Chapter=01
It’s possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.