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

Hui Zheng
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Hui Zheng
Courses Plus Student 1,380 Points
Posted by Hui Zheng
Hui Zheng
Courses Plus Student 1,380 Points

My prompt dialogue didn't pop up

https://w.trhou.se/22d2s0v0wn

I did everything else exactly same as what was shown in the video except I got rid of the other js file and combined the code in the file to the current js file that was created. Besides that I had also checked the html file and removed the extra script tag for the other js file. In terms of the code, I had double checked to make sure I hadn't omitted any curly braces or had any typos, nonetheless the prompt dialogue didn't pop up when I opened up the browser.

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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Your student_report.js file is in a folder named js. So it will have to be referenced in index.html as

<script src="js\student_report.js"></script>
Hui Zheng
Hui Zheng
Courses Plus Student 1,380 Points
Hui Zheng
Hui Zheng
Courses Plus Student 1,380 Points

Hi, professor. I have another question regarding the parameter student that was passed onto one of the functions. Initially, the variable student was declared without a value, then inside the for loop we assigned it the object literal students[i]. I know any variables declared inside a function have local scope and can't be accessed outside that function, but what about inside a for loop since student = students[i];. Also I was practicing with functions lately and here is the code I wrote which I didn't know what were the mistakes I made, and I would like to know if I could concatenate/adding the call property of a function calculatePrice() to other variables as I did here. Thanks

const taxRate = 0.08; const gamePrice = 50.99; const PS4 = 299.99;

var bankBalance = 400.88; var remainingAmount = parseInt(prompt("What is the spending amount?"));

function calculatePrice(remainingAmount){ remainingAmount = remainingAmount + remainingAmount * taxRate; return remainingAmount.toFixed(2); }

var totalAmount = calculatePrice() + gamePrice + PS4; while (totalAmount < bankBalance) { alert("The amount is within budget." + "<br>" + "$" + totalAmount); if (totalAmount > bankBalance){ alert("Not enough money.") } }