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JavaScript

ziaul sarker
ziaul sarker
3,652 Points
Posted by ziaul sarker
ziaul sarker
3,652 Points

search name in text and add it to array

var name = prompt("what is youre name");
var adress = prompt("what is youre leagal adress");
var value = prompt("what value would you hold if you are hired by the company");
var wages = prompt("what would you like to get paid");
var goals = prompt("what are youre goals");
var newArray = []


var text = "Heloo my name is " + name + ". i live on " + adress + ". i would hold a lot of value to youre company " + value + ". i would like to get paid $" + parseInt(wages) + ". my ultomate goal is to " + goals


for (i=0; i < (text.length); i++) {
    if (text[i] === (name.substring(0,1))) {
        for (n=i; n < (name.length); n++) {
            newArray.push(text[n])
        }
    }
}

if (newArray === 0) {

    console.log("you did not enter your name");

   for (i=0; i < (text.length); i++) {
    if (text[i] === (name.substring(0,1))) 

        for (n=i; n < (name.length); n++) {

                newArray.push([n])

            }
    } 

}


else {
   console.log(newArray)
}



/* when i run the code the array is still left blank nd the loop does not start over again......i get this message from the console [] undefined */
Andrew Breslin
Andrew Breslin
10,177 Points
Andrew Breslin
Andrew Breslin
10,177 Points

I don't know if this is what is wrong, but:

var newArray = []

has no semicolon after the code line

1 Answer

Rich Donnellan
MOD
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 25,947 Points
Rich Donnellan
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 25,947 Points

Ziaul,

Your code has quite a few syntax errors which prevents your code from successfully executing. Rather than explain them all, I'll present you with an alternate solution, which you can study. I had to make certain assumptions, but I think I'm still on the mark.

Let me know what you think.

var name = prompt("What is your name?"); 
var address = prompt("What is your legal address?"); 
var value = prompt("What value would you hold if you are hired by the company?");
var wages = prompt("What would you like to get paid?");
var goals = prompt("What are your goals?"); 
var nameArray = [];
var text = "Hello, my name is " + name + ". I live on " + address + ". I would hold a lot of value to your company " + value + ". I would like to get paid $" + parseInt(wages) + ". My ultimate goal is to " + goals;

if (text.search(name)) {
  nameArray.push(name);
  console.log(nameArray);
} else {
  console.log("You did not enter your name.");
}

console.log(text);

-Rich