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

Brandon Wong
Brandon Wong
2,341 Points
Posted by Brandon Wong
Brandon Wong
2,341 Points

Student records are not appearing

What did I do wrong?

Student records are not appearing when I search by name using this code. 

var message = ''; 
var search; 
var student;

function print(message) { 
  var div = document.getElementById("output");
  div.innerHTML = message; 
} 

function getStudentScore(student) { 
  var report = '<h2>Name: ' + student.Name + '</h2>'; 
  report += '<p>Track: ' + student.Track + '</p>'; 
  report += '<p>Achievements: ' + student.Achievements + '</p>'; 
  report += '<p>Points: ' + student.Points+ '</p>';
  return report;
} 


while (true) {
  search = prompt("Search for a student by name. To exit, type 'quit.'"); 
  if (search === null || search.toLowerCase() === 'quit') { 
  break;
  }
    for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1) {
      student = students
      if (search === student.name) { 
      message = getStudentScore(student);  
      print(message);
      }
     } 
}

2 Answers

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

You have two issues:

1) In your for loop you assign student the entire array

student = students;

should be

student = students[i];

2) In your getStudentScore() function the student properties should be lowercase instead of title case. For example

student.Name

should be:

student.name