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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Functions Return Values

Posted by Satish Mohan
Satish Mohan
2,055 Points

Missing function error

function arrayCounter (my_array[]) {
        if (typeof my_array === 'undefined' or typeof my_array ==== 'string' or typeof my_array === 'number') {
          return 0;
        }
        return my_array.length;
      }

Can't figure out the error. Please help.

Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Satish Mohan

There's a special way to format code int he forum. I fixed your code in this post but in the future, you can follow the steps listed in this post:? https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/posting-code-to-the-forum

1 Answer

Dave McFarland
STAFF
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Satish Mohan

You don't use or in an if statement like that. Instead use two "pipe" characters -- || -- to indicate "or".

Also, the argument in the arrayCounter function, doesn't need [] characters: function arrayCounter(my_array) {