Basic JavaScript: Record Collection( Asking for opinion)

I manage to solve this problem within 30 minutes but I am not sure if this is actually how it is done. I know I already solved the problem but I am just curios if my approach is somewhat ok and I just want to contribute in the Forum as well maybe.(have something posted in the forum)

Your code so far


// Setup
var collection = {
2548: {
  albumTitle: 'Slippery When Wet',
  artist: 'Bon Jovi',
  tracks: ['Let It Rock', 'You Give Love a Bad Name']
},
2468: {
  albumTitle: '1999',
  artist: 'Prince',
  tracks: ['1999', 'Little Red Corvette']
},
1245: {
  artist: 'Robert Palmer',
  tracks: []
},
5439: {
  albumTitle: 'ABBA Gold'
}
};

// Only change code below this line
function updateRecords(object, id, prop, value) {

if(prop != "tracks" && value != ""){
  object[id][prop] = value;
}

if(prop == "tracks" && object[id].hasOwnProperty(prop) == false){
  object[id][prop] = [value];
}

if(prop == "tracks" && value){
  object[id][prop].push(value); 
}

if(value == ""){
  delete object[id][prop];
}

return object;
}

console.log(updateRecords(collection, 2468, 'tracks', 'Take a Chance on Me'));

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Challenge: Record Collection

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I’ve edited your post.
If you post a full passing solution to a challenge and have questions about it, please surround it with [spoiler] and [/spoiler] tags on the line above and below your solution code.

Oh sorry about that. I’ll do it next time I’ll post a question. But can you please tell me why I need to add spoiler tags in my post? Is it to avoid giving answer to others?

exaclty, we are trying to cut back on the number of spoilers solutions that can be found on the forum

a few things to considered:
(note, your code works, and that is a really good first milestone, from there you can only improve)

  • if you use many if statements each one is evalauted indipendently, if you use an if/else if/else chain then once the first true one is found, the others are not evaluated, there is not much resources saved in a small thing like this, but it is a good thing to always consider, even just for the habit

  • using string equality is always preferred, ===, same for inequality, !==. If you don’t have a really good reason to use the loosely equal, then don’t. This avoids unexpected behaviors when comparing some things.

  • proper indentation make your code easier to read, it’s not a language for which indentation is part of the logic, but it makes it more readable:

function updateRecords(object, id, prop, value) {

  if (prop != "tracks" && value != "") {
    object[id][prop] = value;
  }

  if (prop == "tracks" && object[id].hasOwnProperty(prop) == false) {
    object[id][prop] = [value];
  }

  if (prop == "tracks" && value) {
    object[id][prop].push(value);
  }

  if (value == "") {
    delete object[id][prop];
  }

  return object;
}

  • you have used value as condition, which may be mroe readable if you explicitly write value !== "", but then you have put the comparison in object[id].hasOwnProperty(prop) == false , here as hasOwnProperty returns a boolean you don’t need to use a comparison, you can just put the ! (NOT) operator in front of it to flip the boolean value: !object[id].hasOwnProperty(prop)
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