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Malik El Khoury
9,143 Pointshey i struggle with this exercise
function arrayCounter(array){
if (array.constructor === Array) {return array.length; }
else if(typeof array === "string"){return 0;}
else if(typeof array === "number"){return 0;}
else if(typeof array === "undefined"){return 0;}
else {return 0;}
}
can someone spot my mistake please
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>JavaScript Foundations: Functions</title>
<style>
html {
background: #FAFAFA;
font-family: sans-serif;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
<h2>Functions: Return Values</h2>
<script>
function arrayCounter(array){
if (array.constructor === Array) {return array.length; }
else if(typeof array === "string"){return 0;}
else if(typeof array === "number"){return 0;}
else if(typeof array === "undefined"){return 0;}
else {return 0;}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
eck
43,038 PointsWhile your code does work, to pass this challenge you need to follow the example given in the video before the challenge. This is what they are looking for:
function arrayCounter(value) {
if(typeof value === "undefined") {
return 0;
}
if(typeof value === "number") {
return 0;
}
if(typeof value === "string") {
return 0;
}
return value.length;
}
Malik El Khoury
9,143 PointsOk i did it thank you for the fast answer!