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JavaScript

Posted by maryclairegilmore
maryclairegilmore
Courses Plus Student 30 Points

I'm having a small problem with my code

The Challenge: First, declare a variable named myArray and assign it to an empty array. Great! Now populate myArray with two strings. Put your full name in the first string, and your Skype handle in the second. Next, declare a function named cutName. It should expect a parameter name. cutName should return an array by breaking up the input string into individual words. Example: cutName("Douglas Crockford") should return ["Douglas", "Crockford"] Example: cutName("John B. Smith") should return ["John", "B.", "Smith"] Declare a new variable named myInfo and assign it to an empty object literal. Add the following three key-value pairs to myInfo: Key: fullName Value: The result of calling cutName on the name string within myArray. Key: skype Value: The Skype handle within myArray. Key: github Value: If you have a github handle, enter it here as a string. If not, set this to null instead.

My Code: var myArray = [];

myArray = ['Mary Claire Gilmore', 'maryclairegilmore'];

function cutName(name) { var testname = myArray.splice[0]; return name; }

var myInfo = { fullName: cutName(myArray[0]) [0], skype: cutName(myArray[1]), github: 'maryclairegilmore', };

1 Answer

Shawn Rieger
Shawn Rieger
9,916 Points
Shawn Rieger
Shawn Rieger
9,916 Points

You have a few issues here. your cutName function will never work.

function cutName(name) { // <-- you pass in name 
  var testname = myArray.splice[0]; // <-- this is not proper syntax for array.splice, also maybe you mean to use array.slice?
  return name;  // <-- return name without modifying it.
}

Splice method actually changes the contents of an array while slice returns a portion of an array without modifying it. Check out: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/slice https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/splice

Also...

var myInfo = {
  fullName: cutName(myArray[0])[0], // <-- although your technically returning array here, this is not the corrent way to handle this
  skype: cutName(myArray[1]),
  github: 'maryclairegilmore',
};

By the looks of what you're doing, I think this is more what you're trying to accomplish...

var myArray = ['Mary Claire Gilmore', 'maryclairegilmore'];

var myInfo = {
  fullName: myArray[0],
  skype: myArray[1],
  github: 'maryclairegilmore',
};