Plz help in this code

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I was solving a problem on code wars in JS and I am failing all the tests and I can’t find where I’m going wrong.
There is also no instruction for special cases.

I think there could be an issue with the tests.

Below is the link to the kata and the code I wrote:

function openOrSenior(data) {
  var result = []
  
  for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
  
   var r
    
   if (data[i][0] >= 55 && data[i][1] > 7) { r = "Senior"; } else { r = "Open";}

   if (data[i][1] > 26 || data[i][1] < -2) r= "Invalid Handicap";
    
   if (data[i][0] === undefined && data[i][1] === undefined) r = []; 
    
   if (data[i][0] === undefined || data[i][1] === undefined) r = "Incomplete Data";
    
   result.push(r)
 }
 console.log(result);
}

Also, is there a better/shorter way of writing the same code? I wrote an if/else if/else statement but it had some logic problem.

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why do you use if multiple times? This means that the value r can be changed even after its set to Senior or Open

you also need to return the result.

There isn’t even a need for check invalid handicap or incomplete data.

3

Yeah I tried If/else if/else statement but there was an error with the logic.

function openOrSenior(data) {
  var result = []
  
  for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
  
   var r
    
   if (data[i][0] >= 55 && data[i][1] > 7) { 
     r = "Senior"; 
   } else if (data[i][1] > 26 || data[i][1] < -2) {
       r= "Invalid Handicap";
   } else if (data[i][0] === undefined && data[i][1] === undefined) {
       r = []; 
   } else if (data[i][0] === undefined || data[i][1] === undefined) {
       r = "Incomplete Data";
   } else { 
       r = "Open";
     }
    result.push(r)
 }
 console.log(result);
  return result;
}

openOrSenior([[54, 9], [21, 21], [75, 11], [1, 1], [90, 8], [90, 9], [55, 100], [90, 7], [, 8], [0, 0]])

//Returns ["Open", "Open", "Senior", "Open", "Senior", "Senior", "Senior", "Open", "Incomplete Data", "Open"]
//It prints out "Senior" for [55, 100] instead of "Invalid Handicap".

So thought about assigning r with values “Senior” or “Open” first and then change it’s value according to the case.

I read somewhere that it put the input [] and expected [] and instead it got “undefined”. Maybe I did’t understand it well.

It worked. I thought printing was enough and totally forgot about returning. Thanks :slight_smile:

4

this was caused by not using return at all. Your code handles an empty list perfectly fine.

5

Okay… :+1:

6

undefined is the default returned value by a function:

function example(){
    console.log("example");
}

// log returned result
console.log(example()); // undefined

this kata only includes valid input, so i would get rid of all the validation. One general thing, do validation first before assuming input is valid

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Yes. If there is no return statement, the function will implicitly return “undefined”.

Yes, I always test it on codepen before attempting it.

Many times, I write perfect code but it still cannot pass all the tests so I also sometimes consider special cases.

It happened once and I put it here to discuss also. It was a long time ago…