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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Data Using Objects The Student Record Search Challenge Solution

Posted by pabloaguilera
pabloaguilera
4,196 Points

Is the var " NotInList" correct?

Hello

another student wrote this code(I asked this question to him in a comment, but never got an answer, I guess he hasn't seen it yet) ( challenge 3 from js objecst video):

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I'm kinda confused with this variable " notInList". Did he mean to say " onTheList" instead?

I changed that variale to - "onTheList" and that makes more sense to me. For example:

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on line 54, if I type the name "Andrew", that is obviously not on the list,(The list of students that he made).

so (!onTheList) = not on the list. I might be wrong, a clarification is greatly appreciated.

thanks.

pabloaguilera
pabloaguilera
4,196 Points

Josh Olson

I think the code is not running because that's just part of the code. The whole thing is in this link:

https://teamtreehouse.com/community/finally-got-extra-credit-code-done-here-it-is

They are 2 javascript files. students.js and student_report.js.

take care

1 Answer

mkmk
mkmk
15,897 Points
mkmk
mkmk
15,897 Points

It appears your intuition is correct, the name notInList is misleading the way it is used.
Made clear in the last bit of code where it prints the message that the search term is not in the list if ! notIntList is true -- which would be not-notInList or INLIST! And also when the variable is assigned to true, when the name is found in the first if block of the for statement. Good catch.

pabloaguilera
pabloaguilera
4,196 Points

Thanks mkmk, that's what I thought.