Freecodecamp.org/learn/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/profile-lookup

JavaScript
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Tell us what’s happening:
why doesnt this work

Your code so far

      for(var i=0; i<contacts.length; i++){
  if(contacts[i]["firstName"]==name){
    if(prop=="lastName" || prop=="number" || prop=="likes"){
              console.log(contacts[i][prop]);
      return contacts[i][prop];

    }else{return "No such contact"}
  }else{return "No such contact"}
}
```js

// Setup
var 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(prop=="lastName" || prop=="number" || prop=="likes"){
            console.log(contacts[i][prop]);
    return contacts[i][prop];

  }else{return "No such contact"}
}else{return "No such contact"}
}
// Only change code above this line
}

lookUpProfile("Akira", "likes");

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Challenge: Profile Lookup

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If the first element in the array doesn’t match, then your function will return “No such contact”.