Lab Report 5, Week 10

How I found the tests:

• I was able to find the difference between the outputs by using diff to compare the text files containing the outputs of both markdown-parse repositories.
• Then, I used grep to find the test for the matching output, including the line before that prints the test name.

Test 1: 194.md

[Foo*bar\]]:my_(url) 'title (with parens)'

[Foo*bar\]]

• View the file here

Which implementation is correct?

• It appears that neither is correct according to VScode’s implementation:

Describe the bug:

• According to this section on markdownguide.org, a link title can be created by wrapping it in singe quotes (') if the brackets are followed by a colon (:)
• This means that the actual link should be my_(url)

• To fix this, we would need to account for these types of links by checking for a colon after the brackets and finding the link before the bounds of the link title.

• Additionally, the way that Github Pages displays this file as an html page is with no links, indicating that my implementation (the first one) is correct! It really depends what platform you deem “correct” to decide how to move forward.

Code segment to fix:

• Before this if statement in my code, I would make a case that checks for a semicolon between nextCloseBracket and openParen so that it adresses the link creation differently.

Test 2: 496.md

[link](foo(and(bar))

• View the file here

Which implementation is correct?

• Joe’s implementation is correct because no links are found by VScode:

Describe the bug:

• My code does not account for an uneven number of parenthesis. In this test, there are 3 open and 2 closed parenthesis, which markdown does not like!
• To fix this, I would either change the way I look for parenthesis so that it matches the way our instructor implemented, or create two counters for open and closed parenthesis to check if there is an uneven amount. If there is, then do not include the link.

Code segment to fix:

• I only check for the existence of the very first open parenthesis and close parenthesis in the line. Therefore, I should create an if statement before these lines that checks if the number of open and close parenthesis is equal to decide if the link should be returned or not.