Build a Gradebook App: Step 17

JavaScript
1

Hello,

My code is working but for some reason failing step 17 which gives the error:
Your hasPassingGrade function should return false if the grade is an “F”.

I’ve been through and debugged, and the function does return a false boolean. Am I missing something obvious?

let averageScore = 0; 
let grade = "";
let studentScore = 0; 

function getAverage (scoresArray){
  let score = 0; 
  let average = 0; 
  for (let i in scoresArray){
    score += scoresArray[i];
  }
average+= score/scoresArray.length;
return average; 
}

function getGrade (studentScore){
  if (studentScore === 100){
    return "A+";
  } else if(studentScore >= 90){
    return "A";
  } else if(studentScore >= 80){
    return "B";
  }else if (studentScore >= 70){
    return "C";
  } else if (studentScore >= 60){
    return "D";
  } else  {
    return "F";
  }
}

function hasPassingGrade (grade){
  if (grade === "F"){
    return false;
  } else {
    return true;
  }
}

function studentMsg (classScores, studentScore){
  let classAverage = getAverage(classScores); 
  let studentGrade = getGrade(studentScore);
  let passFail = hasPassingGrade(studentGrade);
  
  
  if (passFail  == true){

     return `Class average: ${classAverage}. Your grade: ${studentGrade}. You passed the course.`;
  } else {
    return `Class average: ${classAverage}. Your grade: ${studentGrade}. You failed the course.`;
  }
  
}
2

Hi there and welcome to our community!

The hasPassingGrade function should use the getGrade function to get the letter grade, and use it to determine if the grade is passing. A passing grade is anything different from "F".

You’re not calling the getGrade function within your hasPassingGrade function.

3

Just to be clear. The reason why you have to use getGrade is because hasPassingGrade should (and will be by the test) passed a score, not a grade.

  1. You should have a function named hasPassingGrade that takes a score as a parameter and returns either true or false depending on if the score corresponds to a passing grade.