Profile Lookup else statement aint working!

JavaScript
1

Tell us what’s happening:

I cant seem to figure out why is-int my else statements working. can someone please explain it to me also i cant seem to grasp If-else statements and loops in arrays. Your code so far


//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 (let x = 0; x < contacts.length; x++){
if (contacts [x].firstName === name){
    if(contacts[x].hasOwnProperty(prop)){
        return contacts[x][prop];
    } else {
      return "no such property";
      
    }
}

}
return "no such contacs";
// Only change code above this line
}

// Change these values to test your function
lookUpProfile("Bob", "potato");

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Link to the challenge:
https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/profile-lookup/

2

contacts [x].firstName === name
The first thing that stands out is that you have a space between contacts and [x];

3

corrected it, still did not make a deference also even with the space in between the if statements were working the problem is with the else statement.

4

What do you mean when you say it isn’t working? How is it behaving differently than you expect?

5

when I enter arguments in the function which are not present in the array the else statement is suppose to return me a string “no such contact” and “no such property” which is not the case hence I am confused or made a mistake in the above mentioned code.

6

If you’re talking about the test cases, look carefully for typos. The spelling, spacing, and capitalization must match the expected values.

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7

Look at the spelling of what you return.

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