Sleep Debt Calculator: Error on getActualSleep

claytonblose01099332 · November 30, 2020, 4:44am

I am having issues with the sleep debt calculator project. I keep receiving the error that getActualSleepHours is “not defined”. Please advise!

here’s my code:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/codecademydev/a98cae3fe5738aa93846e2c8beeb7392

sleepDebtCalculator.js

const getSleepHours = day => {
  switch(day) {
    case 'monday':
    return 8
    break;
    case 'tuesday':
    return 6
    break;
    case 'wednesday':
    return 8

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codeneutrino · November 30, 2020, 5:50am

Hello @claytonblose01099332, welcome to the forums! Did you want the logic (if…else if…else) blocks to be inside the calculateSleepDebt function?

actualSleepHours is only defined within the calculateSleepDebt function, however you close the function (put the closing curly brace } after the line where you define idealSleepHours. That means the logic cannot access those variables, as they are locally scoped within the function.

claytonblose01099332 · November 30, 2020, 7:46pm

Your explanation makes sense but unfortunately I am still having trouble fixing it. I’ve removed the curly braces now and I’m just getting different errors… next steps? (thank you for the help thus far!)

codeneutrino · November 30, 2020, 8:33pm

You still need to have curly braces, but only at the beginning and end of the function (like you do with if…else blocks. The syntax for a function is:

const someFunction = (arg1, arg2) => {
   console.log("The function!");
//Any code that you want in the function goes between these curly braces.
}