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JavaScript

Posted by hee chung
hee chung
3,530 Points

The extra challenge for the end of javascript array project.

Here is my answer, please let me know if you have any advises. Thank you.

var message = '';
var student;
var search;
var match = 0;
function print(message) {
  var outputDiv = document.getElementById('output');
  outputDiv.innerHTML = message;
}

function getStudentReport( student ) {
  var report = '<h2>Student: ' + student.name + '</h2>';
  report += '<p>Track: ' + student.track + '</p>';
  report += '<p>Points: ' + student.points + '</p>';
  report += '<p>Achievements: ' + student.achievements + '</p>';
  return report;
}

while (true) {
  search = prompt('Search student records: type a name [Jody] (or type "quit" to end)');
  if (search === null || search.toLowerCase() === 'quit') {
    break;
  }
  for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1) {
    student = students[i];
    if ( student.name.toLocaleLowerCase() === search.toLocaleLowerCase() ) {
      message += getStudentReport( student );
      match += 1;
    } 
    print(message);  // Prints all the matching name
  }

if (match === 0){
    alert ('student name ' + search + ' is not in the list');  // Prints warning for not finding matching name.

}
message = '';
}