Basic JavaScript - Profile Lookup

JavaScript
1

Hey, I’m not sure of what I did wrong. When deleting the two else if, first if returns correctly, but when adding them the first if doesn’t work?..

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 (let i = 0; i < contacts.length; i++) {

    if (contacts[i].firstName === name && contacts[i].hasOwnProperty(prop)) {

      return contacts[i][prop];

    }

    else if (contacts[i].firstName !== name) {
      return "No such contact";
    }

    else if (contacts[i].hasOwnProperty(prop) == false) {

      return "No such property";
    }

  }


  // Only change code above this line
}

lookUpProfile("Akira", "likes");

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2

The very first return statement that is executed immediately stops the function.

3

Yeah, but why is it incorrect, shouldn’t it just return contacts[i][prop]?

4

You want to return a message if you find the right contact, yes, but do you want your function to step and give up when you find a contact that doesn’t match?

5

Ohh i understand, Thank you so much!

6

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