[Javascript] Synthetic Division

An easier method of dividing polynomials.
This function uses synthetic division to divide a polynomial by a simple ax+b
The polynomial must be in the format of a₁x^n + a₂x^(n-1) + a₃x^(n-2)…a_ix^(n–n)

function syntheticDivision(poly, division) {
	//Format the equations correctly
	poly = poly.replace(/(--|\+\+)/g, "+");
	poly = poly.replace(/(-\+|\+-)/g, "-");
	poly = poly.replace(/^\+/g, "");
	poly = poly.replace(/\s/g, "");
	division = division.replace(/(--|\+\+)/g, "+");
	division = division.replace(/(-\+|\+-)/g, "-");
	division = division.replace(/^\+/g, "");
	division = division.replace(/\s/g, "");
	//Remove all x's and powers
	poly = poly.replace(/x\^?\d?/g, "");
	//Add spaces to the equation to break it apart
	poly = poly.replace(/([+-])/g, " $1");
	//Split the equation at the spaces
	var equ = poly.split(" ");
	//Rearrange division to equal 0
	var divide = division.split("x")[0]
	if(divide==""){ divide="1"; }
	division = (~Number(division.split("x")[1])+1)/divide;
	//Begin division
	var output = ""
	var lastTerm = "0"
	for(var i=0;i<equ.length-1;i++) {
		if(equ[i].split("x")=="+" || equ[i].split("x")=="-") { equ[i] = equ[i]+"1" }
		var dt = Number(Number(equ[i]) + Number(lastTerm));
		var x = (dt/divide);
		output += x + "x^" + (equ.length-i-2) + "+";
		lastTerm = dt * division;
	}
	//Format output
	output = output.replace(/\+([+-])/g, "$1");
	output = output.replace(/0x\^\d/g, "");
	output = output.replace(/(x\^0)?\+$/g, "");
	output = output.replace(/x\^1/g, "x");
	//Calculate remainder
	output += " : Remainder [" + String(Number(equ[equ.length-1]) + Number(lastTerm)) + "]";
	return(output);
}

Usage:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var poly = "14x^4-5x^3-11x^2-11x+8";
var division = "2x-1";
alert(syntheticDivision(poly, division));
</script>

Would output:
7x^3 + 1x^2 – 5x -8 : Remainder [0]

[Javascript] Simple Polynomial Long Division

This function uses long division to divide a polynomial by a simple ax+b

The polynomial must be in the format of ax^n + bx^(n-1) + cx^(n-2)…zx^(n–n)

The function itself relies upon 4 other functions in order to work, these are used to carry out basic operations on the terms in the polynomail:

//Used to break an { ax^n } into its compontents
function extractCompontents(Term, constantChar) {
	var Comps = new Array();
	Comps[0] = Term.split(constantChar)[0];
	Comps[1] = Term.split("^")[1];
	if(Comps[0] == "") { Comps[0]=1; }
	if(String(Comps[1]) == "undefined") { Comps[1]=1; }
	return Comps;
}
function divideTerm(Term1, Term2, constantChar) {
    var extTerm1 = extractCompontents(Term1, constantChar)
	var extTerm2 = extractCompontents(Term2, constantChar)
	return String(extTerm1[0]/extTerm2[0]) + constantChar + "^" + String(extTerm1[1]-extTerm2[1]);
}
function multiplyTerm(Term1, Term2, constantChar) {
	var extTerm1 = extractCompontents(Term1, constantChar)
	return String(extTerm1[0] * Term2) + constantChar + "^" + String(extTerm1[1]);
}
function subtractTerm(Term1, Term2, constantChar) {
    var extTerm1 = extractCompontents(Term1, constantChar)
	var extTerm2 = extractCompontents(Term2, constantChar)
	if(extTerm1[1] != extTerm2[1]) { return null; }
	return String(extTerm1[0]-extTerm2[0]) + constantChar + "^" + String(extTerm1[1]);
}

The function itself is as follows:

function longAlgebraicDivision(poly, division) {
	//Format the equations correctly
	poly = poly.replace(/(--|\+\+)/g, "+");
	poly = poly.replace(/(-\+|\+-)/g, "-");
	poly = poly.replace(/^\+/g, "");
	poly = poly.replace(/\s/g, "");
	division = division.replace(/(--|\+\+)/g, "+");
	division = division.replace(/(-\+|\+-)/g, "-");
	division = division.replace(/^\+/g, "");
	division = division.replace(/\s/g, "");
	//Add spaces to the equation to break it apart
	poly = poly.replace(/([+-])/g, " $1");
	//Split the equation at the spaces
	var equ = poly.split(" ");
	//Begin the division
	var output = ""
	var lastTerm = ""
	for(var i=0;i<equ.length-1;i++) {
		var term = equ[i];
		if(i==0) {
			var dt = divideTerm(term, division.split("x")[0], "x");
			output += dt + "+";
			dt = multiplyTerm(dt, division.split("x")[1], "x");
			lastTerm = dt;
		}else{
			var dt = subtractTerm(term, lastTerm, "x");
			dt = divideTerm(dt, division.split("x")[0], "x");
			output += dt + "+";
			dt = multiplyTerm(dt, division.split("x")[1], "x");
			lastTerm = dt;
		}
	}
	//Format output
	output = output.replace(/\+([+-])/g, "$1");
	output = output.replace(/x\^0\+$/g, "");
	output = output.replace(/x\^1/g, "x");
	//Calculate remainder
	lastTerm = lastTerm.replace(/x\^0/g, "");
	output += " : Remainder [" + String(Number(equ[equ.length-1]) - Number(lastTerm)) + "]";
	return output;

Usage:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var poly = "14x^4-5x^3-11x^2-11x+8";
var division = "2x-1";
alert(longAlgebraicDivision(poly, division));
</script>

Would output:

7x^3 + 1x^2 – 5x -8 : Remainder [0]