---
id: 6352e96d2604f813c656750b
title: Step 31
challengeType: 0
dashedName: step-31
---

# --description--

To better understand how the `getMode` function is going to work, you will need to print out its contents. This will allow you to see what is happening as you build out the function. But first you will need to return the `array` so it can be tested properly.

Inside your `getMode` function return your `array` parameter.

# --hints--

You should return the `array` parameter inside the `getMode` function.

```js
assert.match(getMode.toString(), /return\s+array\s*;?/);
```

# --seed--

## --seed-contents--

```html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./styles.css" />
    <script src="./script.js"></script>
    <title>Statistics Calculator</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Statistics Calculator</h1>
    <p>Enter a list of comma-separated numbers.</p>
    <form onsubmit="calculate(); return false;">
      <label for="numbers">Numbers:</label>
      <input type="text" name="numbers" id="numbers" />
      <button type="submit">Calculate</button>
    </form>
    <div class="results">
      <p>
        The <dfn>mean</dfn> of a list of numbers is the average, calculated by
        taking the sum of all numbers and dividing that by the count of numbers.
      </p>
      <p class="bold">Mean: <span id="mean"></span></p>
      <p>
        The <dfn>median</dfn> of a list of numbers is the number that appears in
        the middle of the list, when sorted from least to greatest.
      </p>
      <p class="bold">Median: <span id="median"></span></p>
      <p>
        The <dfn>mode</dfn> of a list of numbers is the number that appears most
        often in the list.
      </p>
      <p class="bold">Mode: <span id="mode"></span></p>
      <p>
        The <dfn>range</dfn> of a list of numbers is the difference between the
        largest and smallest numbers in the list.
      </p>
      <p class="bold">Range: <span id="range"></span></p>
      <p>
        The <dfn>variance</dfn> of a list of numbers measures how far the values
        are from the mean, on average.
      </p>
      <p class="bold">Variance: <span id="variance"></span></p>
      <p>
        The <dfn>standard deviation</dfn> of a list of numbers is the square
        root of the variance.
      </p>
      <p class="bold">
        Standard Deviation: <span id="standardDeviation"></span>
      </p>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
```

```css
body {
  margin: 0;
  background-color: rgb(27, 27, 50);
  text-align: center;
  color: #fff;
}

button {
  cursor: pointer;
  background-color: rgb(59, 59, 79);
  border: 3px solid white;
  color: white;
}

input {
  background-color: rgb(10, 10, 35);
  color: white;
  border: 1px solid rgb(59, 59, 79);
}

.bold {
  font-weight: bold;
}
```

```js
const getMean = array => array.reduce((acc, el) => acc + el, 0) / array.length;

const getMedian = (array) => {
  const sorted = array.toSorted((a, b) => a - b);
  const median =
    sorted.length % 2 === 0
      ? getMean([sorted[sorted.length / 2], sorted[sorted.length / 2 - 1]])
      : sorted[Math.floor(sorted.length / 2)];
  return median;
}

const getMode = array => {
  const counts = {};
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};

const calculate = () => {
  const value = document.querySelector('#numbers').value;
  const array = value.split(/,\s*/g);
  const numbers = array.map(el => Number(el)).filter(el => !isNaN(el));

  const mean = getMean(numbers);
  const median = getMedian(numbers);

  document.querySelector('#mean').textContent = mean;
  document.querySelector('#median').textContent = median;
};
```
