Record Collection -More Explanations

JavaScript
1

Hi coders,
There is someone who explains it, because I saw the solution, but I didn’t understand much.
Thanks!!!

Your code so far


// Setup
var collection = {
    "2548": {
      "album": "Slippery When Wet",
      "artist": "Bon Jovi",
      "tracks": [ 
        "Let It Rock", 
        "You Give Love a Bad Name" 
      ]
    },
    "2468": {
      "album": "1999",
      "artist": "Prince",
      "tracks": [ 
        "1999", 
        "Little Red Corvette" 
      ]
    },
    "1245": {
      "artist": "Robert Palmer",
      "tracks": [ ]
    },
    "5439": {
      "album": "ABBA Gold"
    }
};
// Keep a copy of the collection for tests
var collectionCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(collection));

// Only change code below this line
function updateRecords(id, prop, value) {
  if (prop === "tracks" && value !== "") {
   if(collection[id][prop]) {
    collection[id][prop].push(value);
   }
   else {
    collection[id][prop]=[value];
   }
  } else if (value !== "") {
    collection[id][prop] = value;
  } else {
    delete collection[id][prop];
  }

  return collection;
}

// Alter values below to test your code
updateRecords(5439, "artist", "ABBA");

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

2

Hey fellow learner!

Which part exactly did you not understand?
Let’s start with what you understood or what you think you understood !

3

Hi @carquet, I don’t understand the logic :
if (prop === “tracks” && value !== “”) {
if(collection[id][prop]) {
collection[id][prop].push(value);
}
else {
collection[id][prop]=[value];
}
} else if (value !== “”) {
collection[id][prop] = value;
} else {
delete collection[id][prop];
}

return collection;
}

5

If then statements are pretty straightforward. It’s like Randell said,. it would better to ask a specific part of code you’re stuck on. (ie. one or two lines of code).

6

Sorry again, I’m the one who can’t understand this solution and how to reach this solution. What are the steps to get there.
Maybe some basic JavaScript concept escapes me or I still don’t have the ability to reason and solve the problem.