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Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 PointsChallenge 2 of 2 not passing in php arrays and control structures
This code is not passing and Im not sure why. Can you please help me?
<?php
$facts = array(
57 => ' on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.',
2 => ' is the approximate hours a day Giraffes sleeps',
18 => ' is the average hours a Python sleeps per day',
10 => ' per cent of the world is left-handed.',
11 => ' Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, would be required to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.',
98 => '% of the atoms in your body are replaced every year',
69 => ' is the largest number of recorded children born to one woman',
);
//add your loop below this line
for ($i = 1; $i <= 100; $i++) {
echo $i . "\n";
}
for ($i = 1; $i <= 100; $i++) {
echo $i . "\n";
if (isset($facts[$i])) {
echo $i . $facts[$i] . "\n";
}
}
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! You have not one but two loops. The challenge only wants one. Also, you are echoing out i and then a new line. Then you check to see if i is set, and if it is, you echo out i again plus the trivia fact. So for 2, your output would look something like:
2
2 is the approximate hours a day Giraffes sleeps
This is not exactly what they're shooting for. Take another shot at it with these hints in mind!
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 PointsJennifer, thank's very much. I think this is what the challenge is asking for, but its not quite there yet either. What am I doing wrong?
<?php
$facts = array(
57 => ' on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.',
2 => ' is the approximate hours a day Giraffes sleeps',
18 => ' is the average hours a Python sleeps per day',
10 => ' per cent of the world is left-handed.',
11 => ' Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, would be required to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.',
98 => '% of the atoms in your body are replaced every year',
69 => ' is the largest number of recorded children born to one woman',
);
//add your loop below this line
for ($i = 1; $i <= 100; $i++) {
if (isset($facts[$i])) {
echo $i . $facts[$i] . "\n";
}
}
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherChris Gauthier Now it's closer! Only this time, you're only echoing out i if the value is set for that index. We want the i echoed out regardless. This is how I did it:
for ($i = 1; $i <= 100; $i++) {
echo $i; // no matter what, echo out $i
if (isset($facts[$i])) { // if that index of the array has a value
echo $facts[$i] . "\n"; // echo it out as well and then add a new line
}
}
Hope this helps!