From b2e6999f9b527586a64064b0eebbee5cc6469f81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaidah <veesimz@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:42:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] remove dead code from exercises

---
 dead-code/exercise-1.js | 10 ++--------
 dead-code/exercise-2.js | 10 +---------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dead-code/exercise-1.js b/dead-code/exercise-1.js
index 4d09f15fa9..2309c5d729 100644
--- a/dead-code/exercise-1.js
+++ b/dead-code/exercise-1.js
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
-// Find the instances of unreachable and redundant code - remove them!
-// The sayHello function should continue to work for any reasonable input it's given.
-
-let testName = "Jerry";
 const greeting = "hello";
 
 function sayHello(greeting, name) {
-  const greetingStr = greeting + ", " + name + "!";
   return `${greeting}, ${name}!`;
-  console.log(greetingStr);
 }
 
-testName = "Aman";
+let testName = "Aman";
 
 const greetingMessage = sayHello(greeting, testName);
 
-console.log(greetingMessage); // 'hello, Aman!'
+console.log(greetingMessage);
diff --git a/dead-code/exercise-2.js b/dead-code/exercise-2.js
index 56d7887c4c..7ecb955f24 100644
--- a/dead-code/exercise-2.js
+++ b/dead-code/exercise-2.js
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
-// 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.
-
 const pets = ["parrot", "hamster", "horse", "dog", "hamster", "cat", "hamster"];
-const capitalisedPets = pets.map((pet) => pet.toUpperCase());
 const petsStartingWithH = pets.filter((pet) => pet[0] === "h");
 
-function logPets(petsArr) {
-  petsArr.forEach((pet) => console.log(pet));
-}
-
 function countAndCapitalisePets(petsArr) {
   const petCount = {};
 
@@ -25,4 +17,4 @@ function countAndCapitalisePets(petsArr) {
 
 const countedPetsStartingWithH = countAndCapitalisePets(petsStartingWithH);
 
-console.log(countedPetsStartingWithH); // { 'HAMSTER': 3, 'HORSE': 1 } <- Final console log
+console.log(countedPetsStartingWithH);

From 292cf271a537fd87e0a21fa9177de02bb4539981 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vaidah <veesimz@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:26:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix variable shadowing and use const per reviewer
 feedback

---
 dead-code/exercise-1.js | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dead-code/exercise-1.js b/dead-code/exercise-1.js
index 2309c5d729..04a18bb2ac 100644
--- a/dead-code/exercise-1.js
+++ b/dead-code/exercise-1.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-const greeting = "hello";
+let testName = "Aman";
 
 function sayHello(greeting, name) {
   return `${greeting}, ${name}!`;
 }
 
-let testName = "Aman";
-
-const greetingMessage = sayHello(greeting, testName);
+const greetingMessage = sayHello("hello", testName);
 
 console.log(greetingMessage);