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JavaScript

Final Test Arrays, Objects, loops question

Hello, I was wondering why in this code my object keeps printing right below the last object was printed. I would need it to show only the last that I did print.

var message = '';
var student;

function print(message) {
  var outputDiv = document.getElementById('output');
  outputDiv.innerHTML = message;
}

var input = 0; 
while (input !== 'quit') {
  input = prompt('Busca estudiante\n Para salir escribe "quit"')
  for (i= 0; i<students.length; i++){    
    if (input === students[i].name){

      student = students[i];
      message += '<h2>Student: ' + student.name + '</h2>';
      message += '<p>Track: ' + student.track + '</p>';
      message += '<p>Points: ' + student.points + '</p>';
      message += '<p>Achievements: ' + student.achievements + '</p>';
      print(message);

    }
  }


}

3 Answers

If I understand the question correctly, you will want to move the print(message); statement outside of the for loop.

No, I need it to print just once, and when I need to print another one the last one would not be there, only the new one.

Yeah, I got thinking about it a little more after I commented hastily. ;-)

You will want to reset the message variable to be empty at the beginning of the if statement with, message = '';. This line would make the most sense after the student = students[i]; line and before the building of the message. The point being is that you want to empty an old message before creating a new one.

I provided a new answer at about the same time you posted this. :)