---
id: 5d7925341747ad42b12f8e68
title: Part 42
challengeType: 0
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
This is still valid because we're modifying `arr` in place instead of reassigning to it (which is invalid with the `const` keyword). But doing this still modifies state, and we don't want to do that in functional programming.
The `concat` method returns a new array instead of modifying an existing one:
```js
[1,2,3].concat(4); // [1, 2, 3, 4]
[1,2,3].concat(4, 5); // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
```
Use `concat` instead of `push` to return the result of adding `end` to `arr`.
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: See description above for instructions.
testString: assert(JSON.stringify(range(1,2)) === "[1,2]" && code.includes("concat") && !(code.includes("push")));
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='html-seed'>
```html
<script>
const infixToFunction = {
"+": (x, y) => x + y,
"-": (x, y) => x - y,
"*": (x, y) => x * y,
"/": (x, y) => x / y
};
const infixEval = (str, regex) =>
str.replace(regex, (_, arg1, fn, arg2) =>
infixToFunction[fn](parseFloat(arg1), parseFloat(arg2))
);
const highPrecedence = str => {
const regex = /([0-9.]+)([*\/])([0-9.]+)/;
const str2 = infixEval(str, regex);
return str === str2 ? str : highPrecedence(str2);
};
const spreadsheetFunctions = {
"": x => x
};
const applyFn = str => {
const noHigh = highPrecedence(str);
const infix = /([0-9.]+)([+-])([0-9.]+)/;
const str2 = infixEval(noHigh, infix);
const regex = /([a-z]*)\(([0-9., ]*)\)(?!.*\()/i;
const toNumberList = args => args.split(",").map(parseFloat);
const applyFunction = (fn, args) =>
spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()](toNumberList(args));
return str2.replace(
regex,
(match, fn, args) =>
spreadsheetFunctions.hasOwnProperty(fn.toLowerCase()) ? applyFunction(fn, args) : match
);
};
const range = (start, end) => {
const arr = [start];
arr.push(end);
return arr;
}
</script>
```
</div>
### Before Test
<div id='html-setup'>
```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Spreadsheet</title>
<style>
#container {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 50px repeat(10, 200px);
grid-template-rows: repeat(11, 30px);
}
.label {
background-color: lightgray;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
line-height: 30px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div></div>
</div>
```
</div>
### After Test
<div id='html-teardown'>
```html
</body>
</html>
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```html
<script>
const infixToFunction = {
"+": (x, y) => x + y,
"-": (x, y) => x - y,
"*": (x, y) => x * y,
"/": (x, y) => x / y
};
const infixEval = (str, regex) =>
str.replace(regex, (_, arg1, fn, arg2) =>
infixToFunction[fn](parseFloat(arg1), parseFloat(arg2))
);
const highPrecedence = str => {
const regex = /([0-9.]+)([*\/])([0-9.]+)/;
const str2 = infixEval(str, regex);
return str === str2 ? str : highPrecedence(str2);
};
const spreadsheetFunctions = {
"": x => x
};
const applyFn = str => {
const noHigh = highPrecedence(str);
const infix = /([0-9.]+)([+-])([0-9.]+)/;
const str2 = infixEval(noHigh, infix);
const regex = /([a-z]*)\(([0-9., ]*)\)(?!.*\()/i;
const toNumberList = args => args.split(",").map(parseFloat);
const applyFunction = (fn, args) =>
spreadsheetFunctions[fn.toLowerCase()](toNumberList(args));
return str2.replace(
regex,
(match, fn, args) =>
spreadsheetFunctions.hasOwnProperty(fn.toLowerCase()) ? applyFunction(fn, args) : match
);
};
const range = (start, end) => {
const arr = [start];
return arr.concat(end);
}
</script>
```
</section>