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Start your free trialJose Sanchez
7,849 PointsThe Student Record Search Challenge solution I seem to have copied the code correctly but it wont work.
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 [Jody] (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 ( student.name === search ){
message = getStudentReport ( student );
print(message);
}
}
}
3 Answers
rydavim
18,814 PointsIn your getStudentReport
function, you are setting the report
variable equal to a new thing on each line. You just need to add to the report
as opposed to setting it again. You want to set report
equal to itself, plus the new html. +=
is a shorthand for doing this.
function getStudentReport(student) {
var report = '<h2>Student: ' + student.name + '</h2>';
report += '<p>Track: ' + student.track + '</p>'; // changed = to +=
report += '<p>Points: ' + student.points + '</p>'; // changed = to +=
report += '<p>Achievements: ' + student.achievements + '</p>'; // changed = to +=
return report;
}
Joe Sleiman
5,921 Pointsyou also have to put if( student.name.toLowerCase() === search){ message = getStudentReport( student ); print(message); } because in the video he put the first letter of the name in capital letter
Christos Constantinides
9,605 PointsThanks Joe, this is what set me back for the longest time; not even just toLowerCase() but forgetting the brackets!
Jose Sanchez
7,849 PointsI see I must have just overlooked that part. I got the program working with that change, thanks!