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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Review Adding and Removing Items from Arrays

Posted by vsiddharthverma
vsiddharthverma
3,182 Points

How to store the number of items in the array scores into the variable

to store the number of items in the array scores into the variable totalScores: var scores = [ 76, 79, 85, 87, 89 , 90, 99]; var totalScores = scores. push ;

why is it not right?

1 Answer

Nicholas Vogel
Nicholas Vogel
12,318 Points
Nicholas Vogel
Nicholas Vogel
12,318 Points

The .push() method doesn't count the number of items. That's the .length method that does that.

The code should look like this

var scores = [76, 79, 85, 87, 89, 90, 99];
var totalScores = scores.length;

.push() adds to the end of the array. .length will count how many items are in the array.