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David Curran
7,682 PointsAccessing the last item in an array
why is this code not working var players = ['Jim', 'Shawna', 'Andrew', 'Lora', 'Aimee', 'Nick']; console.log(players[5]);
var players = ['Jim', 'Shawna', 'Andrew', 'Lora', 'Aimee', 'Nick'];
console.log(players[5]);
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2 Answers
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsUm... Actually players[5] is a valid index. It does point to the last element in the array.
Look at this chart of the players list:
'Jim', 'Shawna', 'Andrew', 'Lora', 'Aimee', 'Nick'
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
As you see, the last items is at index 5.
ruhullalam
14,500 Pointsremember array are zero indexed.
so it starts from 0.
Jim is 0 Shawna is 1 Andrew is 2 etc...
David Curran
7,682 PointsThanks for your help Ruhull, I understand the concept of indexing, although the code still isnt passing.
David Curran
7,682 PointsDavid Curran
7,682 PointsThanks for your help Alexander, I'm confused to why the code is not passing. The index is 5 so the code should pass. Not sure whats going on.
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsAlexander Davison
65,469 PointsI see what's wrong in your code.
Did the challenge ask you to remove the code you wrote in the last task?! Heck no. Don't remove the code from the previous task unless the challenge asks you to!
~Alex
David Curran
7,682 PointsDavid Curran
7,682 PointsNice work Alexander, your answer helped. Thank you. I was removing the previous console.log(players[0]); when I shouldn't have been. Thanks again.