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7,875 PointsCan anyone see any problem with my code? Javascript
My code runs but it does not pull up the grades for a student if all typed in lower case. Can anyone see an error?
var message = '';
var student;
var search;
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 or "quit" to exit');
if (search === null || search.toLowerCase() === 'quit') {
break;
}
for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1) {
student = students[i];
if ( student.name === search ) {
message = getStudentReport( student );
print(message);
}
}
}
3 Answers
Petros Sordinas
16,181 PointsChange
if ( student.name === search )
To
if (student.name.toLowercase() === search.toLowerCase())
You have to ensure that both strings are lowercase (or uppercase) to make sure they are equal.
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsHi Jennifer,
In the line:
if ( student.name === search ) {
Do you want to use .toLowerCase()
on search
? I don't really know javascript but when you check to see if the user entered 'quit' you tested against search.toLowerCase()
- maybe doing the same when comparing against the name
may do that for you?
if ( student.name === search.toLowerCase() ) {
Steve.
Steve Hunter
57,712 PointsAlso, I can't see where students
the array is created so I can't tell if students.length
is greater than zero. If it isn't, the for
loop won't run, meaning getStudentReport()
will never be called. I'm sure that's just in another part of the code - the array must be populated elsewhere.
jennifer ray
7,875 PointsThank you :)