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Dávid Molnár
27,081 PointsWhy does the loop stop working?
Hey everyone! I have a list of students (in an object) and I need to find whose name is equal to the name the user typed. My code is working (so-so) but when there's more than one match it only displays the first one. Why does it stop after the first match (the object is in another file)?
- Sorry I'm really bad at posting code to TreeHouse, it looks better on my platform. ^^
var student; var plug = false;
while(true) {
var search = prompt('Type a name to find a student or "quit" to close the window!');
if(search.toLowerCase() === 'quit' || search === null) {
break;
}else {
plug = false;
for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i += 1) {
student = students[i];
if(student.name.toLowerCase() === search.toLowerCase()) {
plug = true;
var message = '';
message += '<h2>' + student.name + '</h2>';
message += '<ul><li>' + '<strong>track:</strong> ' + student.track + '</li>';
message += '<li>' + '<strong>achivements:</strong> ' + student.achievements + '</li>';
message += '<li>' + '<strong>points:</strong> ' + student.points + '</li></ul>';
print(message);
}
}
if(plug === false) {
alert('The student was not found!');
}
}
} function print(message) { var outputDiv = document.getElementById('output'); outputDiv.innerHTML = message;
}
3 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! I believe that the placement of this line is your problem:
var message = '';
This line occurs every time a match is found, which means that every time a match is found the message is being cleared out completely. Try using this line towards the top of your file and see if that helps.
Let me know how it goes!
Osaro Igbinovia
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 15,928 PointsHi David, post the 'student' object to help analyze your code better.
Dávid Molnár
27,081 PointsYou were right, thank you!! :) I really need to get used to this "output" method... :)