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Luke Bennett
10,265 PointsWhy is my if (!found) loop not displaying the alert message?
var message = '';
var student;
var search;
var found = false;
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>Achievements: ' + student.achievements + '</p>';
report += '<p>Points: ' + student.points + '</p>';
return report;
}
while (true) {
search = prompt("Search student records: Type a name [Luke] (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 ( search === null || student.name === search ) {
alert('Name: \'' + search + '\' was found.');
message = getStudentReport( student );
print(message);
found = true;
}
}
if (!found) {
alert('Name: ' + search + ' was not found.');
}
}
1 Answer
Steven Parker
243,656 PointsIt looks like it would work if the first name entered was not found. But once set to "true", the value of found is never reset to "false". You might want to do that right before the "for" loop.