Animal Groups explainer

Puzzle Explainer
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The aim of this puzzle: Print out the number of characters in the sentence.

Walkthrough of the solution: The starter code starts by printing out the whole sentence. It’s a string that is something like, A group of porcupines is called a prickle..

The next line of code prints the number 4. The 4 is coming from 'toad'.length. When .length is attached to a string, it counts the number of characters in that string. It can be used directly on a string, like 'toad'.length. Or it can be used on a string that’s stored in a variable, like sentence.length.

Since we want to know the total number of characters (letters, numbers, spaces, punctuation marks) in the sentence, we can change the 2nd print() into print(sentence.length).

Sample code solution:
(Tap below to reveal)

print(sentence);
print(sentence.length);

JavaScript Concepts: String Properties, .length, If Statements, Comparison Operators, Identifiers

Grasshopper Concepts: print()
Additional Code (hidden code that runs before the puzzle’s code):

let groups = [
  ['apes', 'a shrewdness'],
  ['badgers', 'a cete'],
  ['bats', 'a colony'],
  ['bears', 'a sleuth'],
  ['bees', 'a swarm'],
  ['buffalo', 'a gang'],
  ['camels', 'a caravan'],
  ['cats', 'a clowder'],
  ['kittens', 'a litter'],
  ['wild cats', 'a destruction'],
  ['cobras', 'a quiver'],
  ['crocodiles', 'a bask'],
  ['crows', 'a murder'],
  ['dogs', 'a pack'],
  ['puppies', 'a litter'],
  ['donkeys', 'a drove'],
  ['eagles', 'a convocation'],
  ['elephants', 'a parade'],
  ['elk', 'a gang or a herd'],
  ['falcons', 'a cast'],
  ['ferrets', 'a business'],
  ['fish', 'a school'],
  ['flamingos', 'a stand'],
  ['fox', 'a charm'],
  ['frogs', 'an army'],
  ['geese', 'a gaggle'],
  ['giraffes', 'a tower'],
  ['gorillas', 'a band'],
  ['hippopotami', 'a bloat'],
  ['hyenas', 'a cackle'],
  ['jaguars', 'a shadow'],
  ['jellyfish', 'a smack'],
  ['kangaroos', 'a troop'],
  ['lemurs', 'a conspiracy'],
  ['leopards', 'a leap'],
  ['lions', 'a pride'],
  ['moles', 'a labor'],
  ['monkeys', 'a barrel'],
  ['mules', 'a pack'],
  ['otters', 'a family'],
  ['oxen', 'a team'],
  ['owls', 'a parliament'],
  ['parrots', 'a pandemonium'],
  ['pigs', 'a drift'],
  ['porcupines', 'a prickle'],
  ['rabbits', 'a herd'],
  ['rats', 'a colony'],
  ['ravens', 'an unkindness'],
  ['rhinoceroses', 'a crash'],
  ['sharks', 'a shiver'],
  ['skunks', 'a stench'],
  ['snakes', 'a nest'],
  ['squirrels', 'a dray'],
  ['stingrays', 'a fever'],
  ['swans', 'a bevy'],
  ['tigers', 'an ambush'],
  ['toads', 'a knot'],
  ['turkeys', 'a gang'],
  ['turtles', 'a bale'],
  ['weasels', 'a colony'],
  ['whales', 'a pod'],
  ['wolves', 'a pack'],
  ['zebras', 'a zeal'],
];
let animal = pickRandom(groups);
let sentence = `A group of ${animal[0]} is called ${animal[1]}.`;
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