Someone please explain why I'm wrong

JavaScript
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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 i = 0; i < contacts.length; i++) {
    if (contacts[i].firstname === name) {
        if (contacts[i][prop] != null) {
            return contacts[i][prop];
        } else {
            return "No such property";
        }
    } 
} 
    return "No such contact";
// Only change code above this line
}

lookUpProfile("Akira", "likes");

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Challenge: Profile Lookup

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2

Look very closely at how you are accessing the firstName property in your for loop.

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3

Sometimes it is the simplest typos that get us.

console.log() the firstName property in the for loop to see the error for yourself!

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