freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/intermediate-algorithm-scripting/binary-agents.english.md

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id: a8d97bd4c764e91f9d2bda01
title: Binary Agents
isRequired: true
challengeType: 5
forumTopicId: 14273
---

## Description
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Return an English translated sentence of the passed binary string.
The binary string will be space separated.
Remember to use <a href='http://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/how-to-get-help-when-you-are-stuck/19514' target='_blank'>Read-Search-Ask</a> if you get stuck. Try to pair program. Write your own code.
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## Instructions
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## Tests
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```yml
tests:
  - text: <code>binaryAgent("01000001 01110010 01100101 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100010 01101111 01101110 01100110 01101001 01110010 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100110 01110101 01101110 00100001 00111111")</code> should return "Aren&#39;t bonfires fun!?"
    testString: assert.deepEqual(binaryAgent('01000001 01110010 01100101 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100010 01101111 01101110 01100110 01101001 01110010 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100110 01110101 01101110 00100001 00111111'), "Aren't bonfires fun!?");
  - text: <code>binaryAgent("01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01000110 01110010 01100101 01100101 01000011 01101111 01100100 01100101 01000011 01100001 01101101 01110000 00100001")</code> should return "I love FreeCodeCamp!"
    testString: assert.deepEqual(binaryAgent('01001001 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110110 01100101 00100000 01000110 01110010 01100101 01100101 01000011 01101111 01100100 01100101 01000011 01100001 01101101 01110000 00100001'), "I love FreeCodeCamp!");

```

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## Challenge Seed
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<div id='js-seed'>

```js
function binaryAgent(str) {
  return str;
}

binaryAgent("01000001 01110010 01100101 01101110 00100111 01110100 00100000 01100010 01101111 01101110 01100110 01101001 01110010 01100101 01110011 00100000 01100110 01110101 01101110 00100001 00111111");
```

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## Solution
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```js
function binaryAgent(str) {
  return str.split(' ').map(function(s) { return parseInt(s, 2); }).map(function(b) { return String.fromCharCode(b);}).join('');
}
```

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