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Start your free trialRaul Cisneros
7,319 PointsLots of DRY code. I tried to avoid it but it would not work, so I used DRY code to make it work.
var student = [
{name: "Susan", track: "Web Design", achievements: 2, points: 25},
{name: "Melissa", track: "Full Stack Dev", achievements: 3, points: 50},
{name: "Sarah", track: "Front End Dev", achievements: 4, points: 75},
{name: "Jennifer", track: "IOS",achievements: 5, points: 100},
{name: "Alexia", track: "Python", achievements: 6, points: 125}
];
function print(x) {
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = x;
}
while (true) {
var userInput = prompt("Enter student name. Type 'quit' to exit");
userInput = userInput.toLowerCase();
if (userInput === "alexia") {
alexia();
} else if (userInput === "susan") {
susan();
} else if (userInput === "melissa") {
melissa();
} else if (userInput === "jennifer") {
jennifer();
} else if (userInput === "sarah") {
sarah();
} else if (userInput === "quit") {
break;
}
}
function susan() {
for (var i = 0; i = 5; i++) {
var message = '';
message = message + '<h3>' + 'Student name: ' + student[0].name + '</h3>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Track: ' + student[0].track + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Acheivments: ' + student[0].achievements + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Points: ' + student[0].points + '</p>';
print(message);
break;
}
}
function melissa() {
for (var i = 0; i = 5; i++) {
var message = '';
message = message + '<h3>' + 'Student name: ' + student[1].name + '</h3>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Track: ' + student[1].track + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Acheivments: ' + student[1].achievements + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Points: ' + student[1].points + '</p>';
print(message);
break;
}
}
function sarah() {
for (var i = 0; i = 5; i++) {
var message = '';
message = message + '<h3>' + 'Student name: ' + student[2].name + '</h3>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Track: ' + student[2].track + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Acheivments: ' + student[2].achievements + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Points: ' + student[2].points + '</p>';
print(message);
break;
}
}
function jennifer() {
for (var i = 0; i = 5; i++) {
var message = '';
message = message + '<h3>' + 'Student name: ' + student[3].name + '</h3>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Track: ' + student[3].track + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Acheivments: ' + student[3].achievements + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Points: ' + student[3].points + '</p>';
print(message);
break;
}
}
function alexia() {
for (var i = 0; i = 5; i++) {
var message = '';
message = message + '<h3>' + 'Student name: ' + student[4].name + '</h3>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Track: ' + student[4].track + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Acheivments: ' + student[4].achievements + '</p>';
message = message + '<p>' + 'Points: ' + student[4].points + '</p>';
print(message);
break;
}
}
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsSteven Parker
231,236 PointsIt appears that this question was superseded by this later one. This one can probably be deleted.
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