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

josefina terrera
josefina terrera
16,506 Points

what am I missing?

//not sure what is wrong with my code, but the names won't print out.

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

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

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


while(true){
search = prompt("Search student records: Type a name or quit");
  if(search === null || search.toLowerCase() ==='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

You have no students, and your students.length always undefined.

The statement inside "for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1)" will never be executed.

Try to define variable with some array inside.