JavaScript (ES6) (Regex) 142

Regex is great and it can do many things. It can even do maths!

a=('x'.repeat(prompt().replace('.', ''))+'xxxx').match(/^((x*)\2{99}(x{0,99}))\1{4}x{0,4}$/);c=a[3].length;alert(a[2].length+'.'+(c<10?'0'+c:c))

Readable version:

function tip(m) {
    var s = 'x'.repeat(m.replace('.', '')) + 'xxxx';
    var a = s.match(/^((x*)\2{99}(x{0,99}))\1{4}x{0,4}$/);
    var c = a[3].length;
    if (c < 10) c = '0' + c;
    return a[2].length + '.' + c;
}

The tip() function expects String argument, rather than Number.

All instances of *, /, + are not related to math operations.

• + is string concatenation in all instances it is used.
• * is part of RegExp syntax
• / is the delimiter of RegExp literal

The input must use . as decimal point, and there must be 2 digits after decimal point.

JavaScript (ES6) (Regex) 142

Regex is great and it can do many things. It can even do maths!

a=('x'.repeat(prompt().replace('.', ''))+'xxxx').match(/^((x*)\2{99}(x{0,99}))\1{4}x{0,4}$/);c=a[3].length;alert(a[2].length+'.'+(c<10?'0'+c:c))

Readable version:

function tip(m) {
    var s = 'x'.repeat(m.replace('.', '')) + 'xxxx';
    var a = s.match(/^((x*)\2{99}(x{0,99}))\1{4}x{0,4}$/);
    var c = a[3].length;
    if (c < 10) c = '0' + c;
    return a[2].length + '.' + c;
}

The tip() function expects String argument, rather than Number.

All instances of *, /, + are not related to math operations.

• + is string concatenation in all instances it is used.
• * is part of RegExp syntax
• / is the delimiter of RegExp literal

The input must use . as decimal point, and there must be 2 digits after decimal point.

Stack Snippet

<button onclick = "a=('x'.repeat(prompt().replace('.', ''))+'xxxx').match(/^((x*)\2{99}(x{0,99}))\1{4}x{0,4}$/);c=a[3].length;alert(a[2].length+'.'+(c<10?'0'+c:c))">Try it out</button>

JavaScript (ES6) (Regex)

Regex is great and it can do many things. It can even do maths!

function tip(m) {
    var s = 'x'.repeat(m.replace('.', '')) + 'xxxx';
    var a = s.match(/^((x*)\2{99}(x{0,99}))\1{4}x{0,4}$/);
    var c = a[3].length;
    if (c < 9) c = '0' + c;
    return a[2].length + '.' + c;
}

All instances of *, /, + are not related to math operations.

• + is string concatenation in all instances it is used.
• * is part of RegExp syntax
• / is the delimiter of RegExp literal

The input must use . as decimal point, and there must be 2 digits after decimal point. The function expects String argument, rather than Number.

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JavaScript (ES6) (Regex) 142

Regex is great and it can do many things. It can even do maths!

a=('x'.repeat(prompt().replace('.', ''))+'xxxx').match(/^((x*)\2{99}(x{0,99}))\1{4}x{0,4}$/);c=a[3].length;alert(a[2].length+'.'+(c<10?'0'+c:c))

Readable version:

function tip(m) {
    var s = 'x'.repeat(m.replace('.', '')) + 'xxxx';
    var a = s.match(/^((x*)\2{99}(x{0,99}))\1{4}x{0,4}$/);
    var c = a[3].length;
    if (c < 10) c = '0' + c;
    return a[2].length + '.' + c;
}

The tip() function expects String argument, rather than Number.

All instances of *, /, + are not related to math operations.

• + is string concatenation in all instances it is used.
• * is part of RegExp syntax
• / is the delimiter of RegExp literal

The input must use . as decimal point, and there must be 2 digits after decimal point.