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Hi all - tried to post this on the direct link for this problem but was unable to add comments so posting here. Can someone take a look at this and help me understand why it does not compute? I’m still getting errors and need to understand why this will not work.

Thank you!

  • Charlie

Your code so far

function updateRecords(id, prop, value) {

if (value === “”) {
delete collection.id.prop;
}
else if (prop != “tracks” && value != “”) {
collection.id.prop = value;
}
else if (prop == “tracks” && collection.id.tracks == undefined) {
collection.id.prop = ;
}
else if (prop == “tracks” && value != “”) {
collection.id.prop.push(value);
}

return collection;
}


// 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"
}
};

// Only change code below this line
function updateRecords(id, prop, value) {

if (value === "") {
  delete collection.id.prop;
}
else if (prop != "tracks" && value != "") {
  collection.id.prop = value;
}
else if (prop == "tracks" && collection.id.tracks == undefined) {
  collection.id.prop = [];
}
else if (prop == "tracks" && value != "") {
  collection.id.prop.push(value);
}

return collection;
}

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

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Challenge: Record Collection

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

I suggest you review how to access properties of an object using variables
as this is not doing what you want

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Thank you Randell - I appreciate your response!