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

Jonathan Crowell
Jonathan Crowell
2,689 Points
Posted by Jonathan Crowell
Jonathan Crowell
2,689 Points

Search for students with the same name.

Here's my solution to searching for students with the same name. I didn't use a while loop to have the prompt dialogue come up constantly because I found that annoying. Just refresh the page to search for someone else. 

var message = '';
var student;
var inClass = false;

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

function getReport( stu ){
  var report = '<h2>Student: ' + stu.name + '</h2>';
  report += '<p>Track: ' + stu.track + '</p>';
  report += '<p>Points: ' + stu.points + '</p>';
  report += '<p>Achievements: ' + stu.achievements + '</p>';
  message += report;
}

function studentSearch(){
  var who = prompt('Search for student name');
  for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1) {
    student = students[i];
    if (student.name.toLowerCase() === who.toLowerCase()){
      inClass = true;
      getReport(student);
    } 
  }
  if (!inClass) {
    message += 'No, ' + who + ' is not in the class';
  }
}
studentSearch();

print(message);