I seem to be thoroughly stuck on this project. When I do a console log for getActualSleepHours, I have no error. When I write up one for IdealSleepHours, I do receive an error. I’m sure it’s something simple, but I can’t seem to discern what it is. Any guidance would be much appreciated.
const getSleepHours = day => {
switch(day) {
case 'monday':
return 8
break;
case 'tuesday':
return 7
break;
case 'wednesday':
return 8
break;
case 'thursday':
return 5
break;
case 'friday':
return 8
break;
case 'saturday':
return 7
break;
case 'sunday':
return 8
break;
default:
return "Error!"
}
};
const getActualSleepHours = () =>
getSleepHours('monday') + getSleepHours('tuesday') + getSleepHours('wedensday') + getSleepHours('thursday') + getSleepHours('friday') + getSleepHours('saturday') + getSleepHours('sunday');
const getIdealSleepHours = () => {
const idealHours = 8;
return idealHours * 7;
};
const calculateSleepDebt = () => {
const actualSleepHours =
getActualSleepHours();
const idealSleepHours =
getIdealSleepHours();
if(actualSleepHours === idealSleepHours)
{
console.log("You've got the perfect amount of sleep!");
}
else if(actualSleepHours > idealSleepHours) {
console.log("You've got " + (idealSleepHours - actualSleepHours) + " more sleep than you needed.");
}
else if(actualSleepHours < idealSleepHours) {
console.log("You should get some rest because you slept " + (idealSleepHours - actualSleepHours) + " hours less
than you should have this week.");
}
else {
console.log("Error! Something went wrong, check you're code.")
};
};
calculateSleepDebt();
a console.log of actualSleepHours and idealSleepHours right before your if statements will reveal the problem.
hint: theres a typo somewhere in the getActualSleepHours function.
I’m really curious about how you were able to debug that. Like what are the actual steps especially since this is a runtime error without any clue as to where the problem lies. I really suffer with debugging, it is my weakest skill.
I noticed it calls getActualSleepHours() and assigns it to actualSleepHours and also calls getIdealSleepHours() and assigns it to idealSleepHours
so I console.log(hey over here ---->: ${actualSleepHours}, ${idealSleepHours}) to get a clear picture of what is in there right before the if statement tries to compare the values.
I run the code and the console.log returns some a really weird value for actualSleepHours
hey over here ---->: 15Error!5878, 56
so then I say ok actualSleepHours is coming back really weird from getActualSleepHours
then I carefully go through getActualSleepHours function looking for typos, syntax errors, or calls to other functions.
I notice it does not have any calls to other functions so I don’t need to look further. In either case I would first fix any errors in getActualSleepHours and then run the code again before going any further back.
finally after fixing a typo and running the code again it produces the intended result
note: in this case I was looking at the code backwards from the last line back up. I didn’t actually go all the way back the beginning after I found the problem.
If I had still not found what the problem was due to overlooking something I would then look at the code from line 1 and then down carefully through all the code or until I find the problem.
I hope this is not to confusing of an explanation. Patience is the key. If you have been stuck on something for a while take a break relax and come back to it.
