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3,441 PointsPlease help when I type student name it won't show.
CODE
var students = [
{
name: 'Dave',
track: 'Front End Development',
achievements: 158,
points: 14730
},
{
name: 'Jody',
track: 'iOS Development with Swift',
achievements: '175',
points: '16375'
},
{
name: 'Jordan',
track: 'PHP Development',
achievements: '55',
points: '2025'
},
{
name: 'John',
track: 'Learn WordPress',
achievements: '40',
points: '1950'
},
{
name: 'Trish',
track: 'Rails Development',
achievements: '5',
points: '350'
}
];
function print(message) {
var div = document.write(message);
return div;
}
var message = "";
var student;
var search;
function getStudentReport( student ) {
var report = "<h2>Student: " + student.name + "</h2>";
report += "<p>Track: " + student.track + "</p>";
report += "<p>Achievenemnts: " + student.achievements + "</p>";
report += "<p>Points: " + student.points + "</p>";
return report;
}
while( true ) {
search = prompt("Type name of student, or type list or type quit");
search = search.toLowerCase();
if( search === null || search === "quit" ) {
break;
}
for( var i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1 ) {
student = students[i];
if( student.name === search ) {
message += getStudentReport( student );
print(message);
}
}
}
1 Answer
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsYou have converted search to lowercase so when checking the name it should be lowercase as well.
if( student.name.toLowerCase() === search ) {