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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Data Using Objects The Build an Object Challenge, Part 2 Solution

Sum Tsui
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Sum Tsui
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Posted by Sum Tsui
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Sum Tsui
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 29,117 Points

I tried to use the for in loop with a condition but..

var student;
var allProp;

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

for (i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1) {
    student = students[i];
    for (var prop in student) {
        if (prop === 'name') {
            allProp += '<h2>' + 'Student: ' + student.name + '</h2>';
        } else {
            allProp += '<p>' + prop + ': ' + student[prop] + '</p>';
        }
    }
}

print(allProp);

but the output to the page is a bit strange

it has an "undefined" before the first student like this:

undefined

Student: Dave

track: Front End Development

achievements: 158

points: 14730

Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,369 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,369 Points

Hey Sum,

I edited your question to the proper markdown syntax for showing code. Make sure you use 3 back ticks(```). That's the same button which has the tilda(~). You were originally using single quotes('''). For more information on formatting in markdown, click the Markdown Cheatsheet located at the bottom of the comment and answer boxes.

2 Answers

Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,369 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,369 Points

When you originally set allProp, you're setting it without a value which in turn makes it undefined. When you += a string to an undefined variable type, it seems to convert undefined to a string before concatenating them together. If you make allProp an empty string at the beginning, you shouldn't get the problem anymore.

var student;
var allProp = '';
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,369 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,369 Points

No problem. Glad to help.

Ryan Burke
Ryan Burke
1,419 Points
Ryan Burke
Ryan Burke
1,419 Points

I took the same approach as Sum. I did not even consider the solution in the video as I was putting this together.

Is there a reason why we should not have done it like this? This seems like more fluid logic to me - as you loop through the objects in the array, loop through the keys in the objects, and execute as directed.