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Start your free trialAlexandra Wakefield
1,866 PointsI'm So Confused
While doing this challenge, I am running into all sorts of problems.
For one, it's like the if
statement within the for loop
is being ignored when it comes to breaking out of the while
loop. I've tried break
, false
, and even making an outside variable equaling true so I can change it to false if the if
statement happens. However, it obviously works because the html variable prints to the page.
Two, I have no idea where or how to add alert("Sorry, this name is unavailable")
to where it works properly. It either shows up no matter what I put in, creates an endless loop, or shows up until the for
loop either completes or has a chance to repeat.
I'm lost.
Here's what I have currently:
function print(message) {
var outputDiv = document.getElementById("output");
outputDiv.innerHTML = message;
}
var html = "";
function studentReport() {
while(true) {
var studentRequest = prompt("Please enter the student's fullname below or \"quit\" to exit.");
var studentName = studentRequest.toLowerCase();
for(var j = 0; j < students.length; j++) {
var student = students[j].name.toLowerCase();
if(studentName === student) {
html += "<b>Student: " + students[j].name + "</b>";
false;
}
}
if(studentRequest === "quit") {
break;
}
}
}
studentReport();
print(html);
Thanks.
Julian jackson
6,285 PointsJulian jackson
6,285 PointsHi Alexandra,
It looks like you haven't declared your "students" array globally or within your function but it's called for in your for loop? not sure if that helps.
J