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

My code doesn't show the data until i quit.

var message = '';
var student;
var ask;

function print(message){
  var outputDiv = document.getElementById('output');
  outputDiv.innerHTML = message;
}

function getStudent(student){
    var report = '<h2>Student: ' + student.name + '</h2>';
    report += '<h2>Student: ' + student.track + '</h2>';
    report += '<h2>Student: ' + student.achievements + '</h2>';
    report += '<h2>Student: ' + student.points + '</h2>';
    return report;
}

while (true){
  ask = prompt("Search student name (Type quit to exit)");
  if (ask.toLowerCase() === "quit"){
    break;
  }
  for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i++){
  student = students[i];
    if (ask === student.name){
      message = getStudent(student);
      print(message);
    }

}
}
            ```

4 Answers

Is treehouse forum dead ? No body helps

Kyle Johnson
Kyle Johnson
33,528 Points

Your code looks the same as mine. Have you tried opening the JavaScript Console to see if there is any errors?

Yes mate ! no errors at all.

I was having the exact same problem. To verify that print wasn't working, I put an alert with the formatted message. If I do document.write, it doesn't work either. Then I switched my browser from Safari to Chrome and everything works!

It seems that Safari waits JavaScript executions to complete before rendering the page.

Edwin Alvarez
Edwin Alvarez
4,903 Points

I had the same problem with safari, but when I switched to chrome it worked fine.