Hi guys, I was just not passing the last two tests so I noticed that the reason was I was placing else {return arr.length } as part of the if part function like so . Why is it in the outerlayer? for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { if (num <= arr[i]) { return i; } else {return ar…

hey @am93 , first off never put a return in a loop because this is your problem for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { if (num <= arr[i]) { return i; } } return arr.length; this return is after the loop so this returns the arr length after the loop has finished. [image] am93: …

[image] biscuitmanz: first off never put a return in a loop because this is your problem Well… there are cases where you want a return in a for loop, where you want to stop execution of the loop and just return out the function because you’ve found/done what you want.

[image] am93: for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { if (num <= arr[i]) { return i; } else { return arr.length } } First of all, please learn to format your code - it makes it so much easier to tell what is going on. And this won’t work because it will bail on the first iterati…

I followed the mozilla docs which is why it’s not arr.sort(function(a, b))... in one line. I was still able to get the right answer with my code though once I removed the return and placed it in the outer bracket. At first I thought for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { if (arr[i] >= num) ret…

the difference is that return arr.length is once inside the loop, once outside for (...) { return // inside the loop,as soon as executed the loop stops } for (...) { ... } return // after the loop, execute only once the loop has finished iterating

[image] am93: I followed the mozilla docs which is why it’s not arr.sort(function(a, b))... You have to read further down in the docs. This: var sortedArr = arr.sort(); is going to sort arr but because you have provided no callback, it will sort it as strings, not as numbers, e.g., 10 will…

Please explain the final line here

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am93 February 10, 2021, 4:15pm 3

Seems the solution on the hint has return within the if loop as well, I think I’m missing something: freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Where do I Belong

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Need explanation of "Where do I belong" exercise JavaScript	4	322	October 20, 2022
Https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/freecodecamp-challenge-guide-where-do-i-belong/16094 JavaScript	2	627	August 20, 2021
Returning arr.length JavaScript	5	311	December 24, 2022
Why do we return arr.length? JavaScript	6	337	August 30, 2022
Workds for all but one test case JavaScript	9	450	January 17, 2022

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