Basic JavaScript - Counting Cards

[dreamsdriveljbr]

I used the switch method to evaluate different values for the card variable. If the card is b/w 2 and 6, it should add 1 to the count and if it’s b/w 10 and “A”, it should subtract 1 from the count. After that I used the if/else method so if the count is greater than 0 it should return count + " Hold";

It seems right but I can’t get my code to pass at all. Does anyone spot anything wrong?

Your code so far

let count = 0;

function cc(card) {
  // Only change code below this line
switch (card) {
  case 2:
  case 3:
  case 4:
  case 5:
  case 6:
    return count++;
    break;
  case 10:
  case "J":
  case "Q":
  case "K":
  case "A":
    return count--;
    break;
}

if (count > 0) {
  return count + " Bet";
} else {
  return count + " Hold";
}
  // Only change code above this line
}

cc(2); cc(3); cc(7); cc('K'); cc('A');

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Challenge: Basic JavaScript - Counting Cards

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[igorgetmeabrain]

You don’t need to ‘return’ the values within the switch statement (as this returns out of the function as a whole, not just the switch statement). That’s why you have ‘break’ to escape the code block within the switch.

[dreamsdriveljbr]

Thank you Doug.

So basically once my ‘return’ statement was executed, it completely ignored the rest of the function.

[colinthornton]

It would be good to start debugging your functions yourself. You can do this by adding a function call, and logging its return value.

For example, anywhere outside the function definition, you could add this line.

console.log(cc(2));

[dreamsdriveljbr]

Understood.

Thanks Colin. Appreciate your help.