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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Iterating through an Array

Deana Kaminski
Deana Kaminski
3,752 Points
Posted by Deana Kaminski
Deana Kaminski
3,752 Points

Not sure what I'm doing wrong in this challenge. Error message is: "The items in the array weren't logged out in order."

Using for loop

script.js 
var temperatures = [100,90,99,80,70,65,30,10];

function currentTemp (list) {
  for (var i=0; i < list.length; i+=1) {
    console.log(i);
  }
}

currentTemp(temperatures);
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hi Deana,

You forgot to log the numbers from the array, you are currently logging the index number. You just need to add the array with '[i]' to pull out the numbers.

var temperatures = [100,90,99,80,70,65,30,10];

function currentTemp (list) {
  for (var i=0; i < list.length; i+=1) {
    console.log(temperatures[i]);
  }
}

currentTemp(temperatures);
Deana Kaminski
Deana Kaminski
3,752 Points
Deana Kaminski
Deana Kaminski
3,752 Points

Thank you! I didn't realize the i variable needed to be in a bracket. Much appreciated!

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Actually, in your case you are passing the Array into the function as the variable 'list', so you could log this instead of the 'temperatures'. This will make it more customisable.

  console.log(list[i]);