Golf Code what's wrong with this?

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#1

Tell us what’s happening:

My code isn’t working, can I use an array declared outside the function within it? What’s wrong with my code?

Your code so far


var names = ["Hole-in-one!", "Eagle", "Birdie", "Par", "Bogey", "Double Bogey", "Go Home!"];
function golfScore(par, strokes) {
  // Only change code below this line 
  var stroke ="";
  if (stroke == 1){
    return "names[0]";
  }else if (stroke <= par-2){
    return "names[1]";
  }else if(stroke == par-1){
    return "names[2]";
  }else if(stroke == par){
    return "names[3]";
  }else if(stroke == par + 1){
    return "names[4]";
  }else if( stroke == par + 2){
    return "names[5]";
  }else{
    return "names[6]";
  }
  return "Change Me";
  // Only change code above this line
}

// Change these values to test
golfScore(5, 4);

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#2

This:

return "names[0]";

means that you return literally the string “names[0]”

Perhaps you want to return the value inside names at that given index:

return names[0];

Hope it helps :wink:

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#3

This means that stroke is not the number passed in the function but just ""

The parameter of the function is strokes but you are not using it

#4

Thank you for taking out the time to help!

#5

Thanks I didn’t notice that!

#6