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Chris Blues Explosion
4,276 PointsI think this works (after a few hours of screaming at the screen :) ). Is that ok? Anything that could be improved?
// Defining variables var message = ''; var student; var search; var studentGroup = [];
// To insert message directly into HTML function print (message) { var outputDiv = document.getElementById('list'); outputDiv.innerHTML = message; }
// To list the students properties/value pairs 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; }
// To search through student records while (true) { search = prompt("Type a student name, or type 'quit' to exit"); if (search === null || search.toUpperCase() === 'QUIT') { break; } for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1) { student = students[i]; studentGroup.push(student.name); if ( student.name === search.toUpperCase() ) { message += getStudentReport(student); }// When there's no match } if ( studentGroup.indexOf(search.toUpperCase() ) <= -1 ) { alert(search + " is not a student."); } print(message); }