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// readme.md? placeholder

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/**
 * @file readme.js
 * @author Llama
 * @description Generates markdown content for a README file.
 */

/**
 * Generates markdown content for a README file.
 * 
 * @param {string} title - The title of the project.
 * @param {string} description - A brief description of the project.
 * @param {string[]} features - List of features of the project.
 * @param {string[]} contributors - List of contributors to the project.
 * @returns {string} Markdown content for the README file.
 */
function generateReadme(title, description, features, contributors) {
    // Validate input parameters
    if (!title ||!description ||!features ||!contributors) {
        throw new Error("All parameters must be provided.");
    }

    // Create markdown content for the title
    const titleMarkdown = `# ${title}\n\n`;

    // Create markdown content for the description
    const descriptionMarkdown = `## Description\n\n${description}\n\n`;

    // Create markdown content for the features
    const featuresMarkdown = "## Features\n\n";
    features.forEach((feature, index) => {
        featuresMarkdown += `- ${feature}\n`;
    });

    // Create markdown content for the contributors
    const contributorsMarkdown = "## Contributors\n\n";
    contributors.forEach((contributor, index) => {
        contributorsMarkdown += `- ${contributor}\n`;
    });

    // Combine markdown content into a single string
    const markdownContent = `${titleMarkdown}${descriptionMarkdown}${featuresMarkdown}${contributorsMarkdown}`;

    return markdownContent;
}

// Example usage
const readmeContent = generateReadme(
    "My Project",
    "This is a brief description of my project.",
    ["Feature 1", "Feature 2", "Feature 3"],
    ["John Doe", "Jane Doe", "Bob Smith"]
);

// TODO: Refactor to use a database for storing contributor information
// TODO: Implement a function to generate a table of contents
// TODO: Add more features to the README generator

console.log(readmeContent);

Code Breakdown

This is a single line of code that appears to be a comment in a Markdown file (readme.md).