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kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 PointsMy employee list is not showing up in the preview
I followed along with the video but for some reason my employee list is not showing up in the preview.
Can someone take a look at it and let me know what's wrong?
$(document).ready(function () {
var url = '../data/employees.json';
$.getJSON(url, function (response) {
var statusHTML = '<ul class="bulleted">';
$.each(response, function (index, employee) {
if (employee.inoffice === true) {
statusHTML += <li class="in">;
} else {
statusHTML += <li class="out">;
}
statusHTML += employee.name + '</li>';
});
statusHTML += '</ul>';
$('#employeeList').html(statusHTML);
}); // end getJSON
}); // end ready
2 Answers

kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 PointsNever mind. I found the problem. I forgot to put the <li> tags in the if/else statements in quotes.

Marcus Parsons
15,717 PointsHey Kabir,
It looks like you're missing quotes around the statusHTML
inside of the each
function. Wrap those in single quotes and you should be good to go.
$(document).ready(function () {
var url = '../data/employees.json';
$.getJSON(url, function (response) {
var statusHTML = '<ul class="bulleted">';
$.each(response, function (index, employee) {
if (employee.inoffice === true) {
//added single quotes
statusHTML += '<li class="in">';
} else {
//added single quotes
statusHTML += '<li class="out">';
}
statusHTML += employee.name + '</li>';
});
statusHTML += '</ul>';
$('#employeeList').html(statusHTML);
}); // end getJSON
}); // end ready

kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 PointsThanks, Marcus. Yeah, I realized that as well. Thanks, anyway.

Marcus Parsons
15,717 PointsOh haha I see your comment now. Glad you fixed it, though!

kabir k
Courses Plus Student 18,036 PointsSame here. Much appreciated.