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JavaScript

Posted by ChinHsiang Hsu
ChinHsiang Hsu
Courses Plus Student 1,317 Points

what is [i] mean for ?

got some question,

so my code like this:

var students = [ { name: 'AAA', track: 'IOS', achievements: 001, points: 111 } ];

for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i++) { console.log('name:' + students[i].name); }

and my question is what is > student[i].name < i meaning for ? i have no idea what is that

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,318 Points

This code is in a loop where "i" is the index number of a student record, so "students[i]" is the record of a particular student, and "students[i].name" is the name of that student stored in the record.

ChinHsiang Hsu
ChinHsiang Hsu
Courses Plus Student 1,317 Points

Thank you !

k t
k t
300 Points
k t
k t
300 Points

when you run a for loop, i represents the value that you are on in your students array