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Srikanth Srinivasan
Srikanth Srinivasan
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Posted by Srikanth Srinivasan
Srikanth Srinivasan
2,741 Points

Why is my code printing it out multiple times?

Can someone please explain why code is printing out the message multiple times? It doesn't make sense to me.

https://w.trhou.se/1p5twxqx2w

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
225,769 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
225,769 Points

The "+=" operator adds on to a string, leaving what was there before. So each time through the loop, the current record is added to the end of everything that was written before, and then the whole thing is output again.

Moving the "let html = '';" statement inside the loop will allow it to start fresh each time, and output each student record only once.

Srikanth Srinivasan
Srikanth Srinivasan
2,741 Points
Srikanth Srinivasan
Srikanth Srinivasan
2,741 Points

Legend! It totally helps to get a second pair of eyes, I completely missed that. Thanks once again, Steven!