From bc39a33dd882bc2149cb045104a35ec2c9bb9770 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Khaliun Baatarkhuu <khaliun13@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:50:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Refactor sayHello function to eliminate dead code

Removed redundant greeting string construction and unreachable console log.
---
 Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-1.js | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-1.js b/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-1.js
index 4d09f15fa9..ff1fcdb7b1 100644
--- a/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-1.js
+++ b/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-1.js
@@ -15,3 +15,23 @@ testName = "Aman";
 const greetingMessage = sayHello(greeting, testName);
 
 console.log(greetingMessage); // 'hello, Aman!'
+
+//I have removed "const greetingStr = greeting + ", " + name + "!";" because it serves the same purpose as "return `${greeting}, ${name}!`;",
+//making it redundant.
+
+//Also, "console.log(greetingStr);" comes after  "return `${greeting}, ${name}!`;", making it unreachable inside the function, since eveything
+//after "return" is ignored.
+
+
+let testName = "Jerry";
+const greeting = "hello";
+
+function sayHello(greeting, name) {
+  return `${greeting}, ${name}!`;
+}
+
+testName = "Khaliun";
+
+const greetingMessage = sayHello(greeting, testName);
+
+console.log(greetingMessage); // "hello, Khaliun!"

From b4cbc57413bace6db9b1e1b264a8fdf9a7aa7c33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Khaliun Baatarkhuu <khaliun13@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:50:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Clean up unused code in exercise-2.js

Removed unused variables and functions to clean up the code.
---
 Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-2.js | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-2.js b/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-2.js
index 56d7887c4c..bdd47c3feb 100644
--- a/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-2.js
+++ b/Sprint-3/3-dead-code/exercise-2.js
@@ -1,16 +1,25 @@
 // Remove the unused code that does not contribute to the final console log
 // The countAndCapitalisePets function should continue to work for any reasonable input it's given, and you shouldn't modify the pets variable.
 
+//let's start from top to bottom and logically think through each line
+
 const pets = ["parrot", "hamster", "horse", "dog", "hamster", "cat", "hamster"];
+//above line is needed because it is used by everything else. 
+
 const capitalisedPets = pets.map((pet) => pet.toUpperCase());
+// i am removing above line as "capitalisedPets" is not used anywhere else. 
+
 const petsStartingWithH = pets.filter((pet) => pet[0] === "h");
+//this line is filters the words starting with "h" and is used later so we keep it.
 
 function logPets(petsArr) {
   petsArr.forEach((pet) => console.log(pet));
 }
+//i am erasing the above function as "logPets" is not used anywhere else. 
 
 function countAndCapitalisePets(petsArr) {
   const petCount = {};
+//keeping this function, as petCount is used below. 
 
   petsArr.forEach((pet) => {
     const capitalisedPet = pet.toUpperCase();
@@ -22,7 +31,36 @@ function countAndCapitalisePets(petsArr) {
   });
   return petCount;
 }
+//everything above is needed to count how many of each pets there are. 
 
 const countedPetsStartingWithH = countAndCapitalisePets(petsStartingWithH);
+//it is used for function call, so needed. 
 
 console.log(countedPetsStartingWithH); // { 'HAMSTER': 3, 'HORSE': 1 } <- Final console log
+//we wanna see the result of our machinations so we keep it. 
+
+//THE FOLLOWING CODE IS THE CLEANED UP VERSION. 
+
+const pets = ["parrot", "hamster", "horse", "dog", "hamster", "cat", "hamster"];
+
+const petsStartingWithH = pets.filter((pet) => pet[0] === "h");
+
+function countAndCapitalisePets(petsArr) {
+  const petCount = {};
+
+  petsArr.forEach((pet) => {
+    const capitalisedPet = pet.toUpperCase();
+
+    if (petCount[capitalisedPet]) {
+      petCount[capitalisedPet] += 1;
+    } else {
+      petCount[capitalisedPet] = 1;
+    }
+  });
+
+  return petCount;
+}
+
+const countedPetsStartingWithH = countAndCapitalisePets(petsStartingWithH);
+
+console.log(countedPetsStartingWithH);