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6,621 PointsExtra credit help
Hey guys so I'm quite stuck on the extra credit part of the challenge. I added a final 'else' clause but all it does is print the persons name I wrote and says they aren't in the records, when they actually are..
Also. I have no idea how to check for the double name problem.
Here is my code so far.
var message = '';
var student;
var questions;
var search
var students = [ { name: "Lee", track: "JS", achievements: 5, points: 25 }, { name: "Stuart", track: "HTML", achievements: 7, points: 30 }, { name: "Dean", track: "CSS", achievements: 9, points: 35 }, { name: "Sam", track: "IOS", achievements: 11, points: 40 }, { name: "Denver", track: "Front", achievements: 13, points: 45 }, ];
function print (message) { var outputDiv = document.getElementById('output'); outputDiv.innerHTML = message; }
function getStudentReport ( student ) { var report = '<h2>Student: ' + student.name + '</h2>'; report += '<h2>Track: ' + student.track + '</h2>'; report += '<h2>Achievements: ' + student.achievements + '</h2>'; report += '<h2>Points: ' + student.points + '</h2>'; return report; }
while (true) { search = prompt('Search student records:Type a name [Jody] (or type "quit" to end'); if ( search === null || search.toLowerCase() === 'quit' ) { break; } for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i +=1) { student = students[i]; if ( student.name === search ) { message = getStudentReport ( student ); print(message); } else { print(search + 'Is not in our records, sorry.'); } } }
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,268 PointsWhile inside the loop, the code is checking each student for a match. No matter which one you are looking for, most will not match; so that's not a good place to make a "not fond" determination.
But if you keep track of whether one was found or not (perhaps with a boolean value), then you could determine if none were found after the loop has finished.
Give that a try, and happy coding!