variadic range() function

[jmbothe]

Requesting help creating a variadic range() function that takes a series of numbers and returns the difference between the largest and smallest values

[khusbuchandra]

Is this supposed to be opposite of what lodash range function does? Naming it range might create a confusion i think, as the function intends to do is find the maximum difference. How about maxDifference() or something on that line?

[jmbothe]

ahhh yes, good point. And it brings up a lot of other good points. I guess it depends on any given user's familiarity with lodash, and whether we consider namespacing as significant enough differentiation. Within the context of statistics, range is definitely the correct term to use, so I wouldn't be quick to give lodash a monopoly on the term just because its one of the most popular libraries out there (especially since this library is mostly for edifying purposes). But for clarity's sake, we might consider prefixing any arithmetic/statistical method with get (for example, getRange() or getAverage()). another option might be further namespacing like variadic.stats.range().

just spitballing right now. thoughts?

[khusbuchandra]

Now I understand where you are coming from and agree to it. I like the idea of namespacing, lets have a standard and have it across.

[jhowardjr]

👍namespacing would be the cleaner implementation.

[jmbothe]

So I've never really been involved in something like this before, but I guess the collaborators of the repo would need to do some planning ahead to figure out what categories of functions they expect to have and decide on a namespacing conventions ahead of time. Or else, just move forward and introduce namespaces as needed. Of course the latter would mean making breaking changes every time you introduce a new namespace

[someyoungideas]

I'd be glad to take this item if it is still available.

[jhowardjr]

@someyoungideas actually someone just submitted a pull request for this one. If you look in the readme there are some other opportunities that might interest you. If you find one just create an issue for it.