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--description--

Your converter should be working now. Feel free to try out different numbers and think about what is happening each time decimalToBinary() is called.

But if you test your converter with 0, you'll see that nothing happens. This is because you return an empty string in your base case when input is 0. We can fix this now.

Update your base case so that it returns the string "0" when input is equal to 0.

--hints--

You should return the string "0" when input is equal to 0 in your base case.

js
assert.match(String(decimalToBinary), /if\s*\(\s*input\s*===?\s*0\s*\)\s*\{?\s*return\s*('|"|`)0\1\s*;?\s*\}?/);

--seed--

--seed-contents--

html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Decimal to Binary Converter</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>
      Decimal to Binary 

      Converter
    </h1>
    <section class="input-container">
      <label for="number-input">Enter a decimal number:</label>
      <input
        value=""
        type="number"
        name="decimal number input"
        id="number-input"
        class="number-input"
      />
      <button class="convert-btn" id="convert-btn">Convert</button>
    </section>
    <section class="output-container">
      <output id="result" for="number-input"></output>
      <h2>Call stack</h2>
      <div id="animation-container"></div>
    </section>
    <script src="script.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>
css
*,
*::before,
*::after {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

:root {
  --light-grey: #f5f6f7;
  --dark-blue: #1b1b32;
  --orange: #f1be32;
}

body {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  font-family: Menlo, Consolas, Monaco, Liberation Mono, Lucida Console,
    monospace;
  font-size: 1.125rem;
  color: var(--light-grey);
  background-color: var(--dark-blue);
  padding: 0 4px;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 2.125rem;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 20px 0;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  text-align: center;
  margin: 20px 0;
}

.input-container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 10px;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  width: clamp(320px, 50vw, 460px);
  margin: 10px auto;
}

.input-container label {
  white-space: nowrap;
  word-spacing: -6px;
}

.convert-btn {
  font-size: inherit;
  font-family: inherit;
  background-color: var(--orange);
  width: 100%;
  height: 2rem;
  padding: 0 6px;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 2px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.number-input {
  font-size: inherit;
  padding: 0.3rem;
  width: 100%;
}

.output-container {
  margin-inline: auto;
  width: clamp(320px, 50vw, 460px);
}

#result {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  font-size: 2rem;
  text-align: center;
  min-height: 80px;
  margin-block-start: 20px;
  padding: 15px;
  border: 2px solid var(--orange);
  border-radius: 2px;
}

#animation-container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column-reverse;
  justify-content: end;
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-block-end: 1rem;
  min-height: 40vh;
  border: 2px dashed var(--orange);
  padding: 1rem;
}

.animation-frame {
  font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, avenir next, avenir, segoe ui,
    helvetica neue, helvetica, Cantarell, Ubuntu, roboto, noto, arial,
    sans-serif;
  padding: 15px 10px;
  border: 5px solid var(--orange);
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  text-align: center;
}

@media screen and (min-width: 36em) {
  body {
    font-size: 1rem;
  }

  .input-container {
    flex-direction: row;
    width: unset;
  }

  .number-input {
    width: unset;
  }
}
js
const numberInput = document.getElementById("number-input");
const convertBtn = document.getElementById("convert-btn");
const result = document.getElementById("result");

const decimalToBinary = (input) => {
  if (input === 0) {
--fcc-editable-region--
    return "";
--fcc-editable-region--
  } else {
    return decimalToBinary(Math.floor(input / 2)) + (input % 2);
  }
};

const checkUserInput = () => {
  if (
    !numberInput.value ||
    isNaN(parseInt(numberInput.value)) ||
    parseInt(numberInput.value) < 0
  ) {
    alert("Please provide a decimal number greater than or equal to 0");
    return;
  }

  result.textContent = decimalToBinary(parseInt(numberInput.value));
  numberInput.value = "";
};

convertBtn.addEventListener("click", checkUserInput);

numberInput.addEventListener("keydown", (e) => {
  if (e.key === "Enter") {
    checkUserInput();
  }
});