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35,526 PointsCan anyone tell me what's possibly wrong in this code???
var message = '';
var student;
var search;
function print(message) {
var outputDiv = document.getElementById('output');
outputDiv.innerHTML = message;
}
function getStudentName( 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 the students records: as for example, type [jody] to get his info or type quit to quit the search");
if (search === null || search.toLowerCase() === "quit") {
break;
}
for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1) {
student = students[i];
if( student.name === search){
message = getStudentName( student );
print(message);
}
}
}
stuck here for so many hours.
1 Answer
Sam Donald
36,305 PointsTo get this while loop working you need to add a couple more break
keywords.
Once you find the student you should break
out of that loop so that you're not needlessly continuing to iterate through the loop.
But remember the break
keyword will only break you out of the nearest loop. And your for
loop is inside another loop, so you'll need to add another break
for the first loop too.
Also
You may like to take a look at this thread from another student asking about the same video/challenge.