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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Data Using Objects The Student Record Search Challenge Solution

Posted by melissakeith
melissakeith
3,766 Points

Need help figuring out why no student data prints to page.

https://w.trhou.se/zw3t4kotc9

the prompt search works, and when I enter quit it exits the alert, but nothing happens when I search for students

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
215,972 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
215,972 Points

It worked fine for me. :+1:

I did notice that the search is case-sensitive, so if you enter "dave" it will not find anything.

But it finds "Dave" and displays the information.

melissakeith
melissakeith
3,766 Points

That worked I didn't pay close enough attention to what he was doing in the video. Say I wanted to be able to enter the student's name in any case, I tried 

search = prompt.toLowerCase('Enter a students name [Jody], or type "quit" to exit');

But this didn't work, any suggestions?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
215,972 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
215,972 Points

You need to apply the conversion function after the prompt function, like this:

search = prompt('Enter a students name [Jody], or type "quit" to exit').toLowerCase();

And that's just half of process, you need to convert the name to lower case also so it will match:

  if (student.name.toLowerCase() === search) {
melissakeith
melissakeith
3,766 Points
melissakeith
melissakeith
3,766 Points

I made those changes and it works no if I type it in lowercase like this 'jody', but now it doesn't work when I enter it like I had to before 'Jody', very strange because I thought the whole point to .toLowerCase() was to be able to type in any case and have the information still math up.

melissakeith
melissakeith
3,766 Points

Nevermind I went back and check my code, that worked I just hadn't made all the changes.