Basic JavaScript - Profile Lookup - RgeOhKFWR_m-BJ2cNCDfh

[ejmsomi]

• lookUpProfile("Kristian", "lastName") should return the string Vos

• Failed:lookUpProfile("Sherlock", "likes") should return ["Intriguing Cases", "Violin"]

• Failed:lookUpProfile("Harry", "likes") should return an array

  **Your code so far**
  

// Setup
const contacts = [
{
  firstName: "Akira",
  lastName: "Laine",
  number: "0543236543",
  likes: ["Pizza", "Coding", "Brownie Points"],
},
{
  firstName: "Harry",
  lastName: "Potter",
  number: "0994372684",
  likes: ["Hogwarts", "Magic", "Hagrid"],
},
{
  firstName: "Sherlock",
  lastName: "Holmes",
  number: "0487345643",
  likes: ["Intriguing Cases", "Violin"],
},
{
  firstName: "Kristian",
  lastName: "Vos",
  number: "unknown",
  likes: ["JavaScript", "Gaming", "Foxes"],
},
];

function lookUpProfile(name, prop) {
// Only change code below this line
for (var i = 0; i < contacts.length; i++){
  if (contacts[i].firstName === name){
    if (contacts[i].hasOwnProperty(prop)){
      return contacts[i][prop];
    }
    else {
      return "No such property";
    }
  }
    return "No such contact";
  
}
// Only change code above this line
}

lookUpProfile("Akira", "likes");

  **Your browser information:**

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Challenge: Basic JavaScript - Profile Lookup

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[JeremyLT]

@ejmsomi

return "No such contact";

Return statements immediately stop the function, even inside of a loop.

[ejmsomi]

Wow… so the issue was solved after I moved that return statement out of the loop. Thanks, Jeremy but why is the return “no such property” statement not causing any problems?

[JeremyLT]

It’s guarded by an if statement to make sure it happens at the right time - only when you found a contact with a matching name.