implement SudokuSolver.checkColPlacement() method and wrote unit tests for method

controllers/sudoku-solver.js

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class SudokuSolver {
         // get existing value placed
         const existingValue = rowValues[column - 1];
 
-        // make sure placement location does not already contain a number
+        // make sure placement location doesn't contain a value or contains same value
         // make sure placements row does not already have value.
         return (existingValue == '.' || existingValue == value) && !rowValues.includes(value);
 
@@ -64,12 +64,66 @@ class SudokuSolver {
 
         const columnKeys = Object.keys(columns);
 
+        let offset = 0;
+
+        columnKeys.forEach(() => {
+
             columnKeys.forEach((key, index) => {
 
+                const start = index + (9 * offset)
+                const end = start + 1;
                 
+                const columnValue = puzzleString.slice(start, end);
+                
+                columns[key].push(columnValue);
     
             });
 
+            offset += 1;
+        });
+
+        // get column values for placement
+        const columnValues = columns[column];
+
+        // get existing value placed
+        let existingValue;
+
+        switch (row) {
+            case 'A':
+                existingValue = columnValues[0];
+                break;
+            case 'B':
+                existingValue = columnValues[1];
+                break;
+            case 'C':
+                existingValue = columnValues[2];
+                break;
+            case 'D':
+                existingValue = columnValues[3];
+                break;
+            case 'E':
+                existingValue = columnValues[4];
+                break;
+            case 'F':
+                existingValue = columnValues[5];
+                break;
+            case 'G':
+                existingValue = columnValues[6];
+                break;
+            case 'H':
+                existingValue = columnValues[7];
+                break;
+            case 'I':
+                existingValue = columnValues[8];
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+
+        // make sure placement location doesn't contain a value or contains same value
+        // make sure placements row does not already have value.
+        return (existingValue == '.' || existingValue == value) && !columnValues.includes(value);
+
     }
 
     checkRegionPlacement(puzzleString, row, column, value) {

tests/1_unit-tests.js

@@ -58,5 +58,29 @@ suite('UnitTests', () => {
 
     });
 
+    test('checkColPlacement(puzzleString, row, column, value) valid column placement', (done) => {
+
+        const input = puzzlesAndSolutions[0][0];
+        const row = 'A';
+        const column = '2';
+        const value = '5';
+
+        assert.equal(solver.checkColPlacement(input, row, column, value), true);
+        done();
+
+    });
+
+    test('checkColPlacement(puzzleString, row, column, value) invalid column placement', (done) => {
+
+        const input = puzzlesAndSolutions[0][0];
+        const row = 'A';
+        const column = '2';
+        const value = '6';
+
+        assert.equal(solver.checkColPlacement(input, row, column, value), false);
+        done();
+
+    });
+
 
 });