Sleep Debt Calculator

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#1

Hello,

I’ve got a syntax error “SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier” for project: https://www.codecademy.com/courses/introduction-to-javascript/projects/sleep-debt-calculator

I starts from the if statement : if (actualSleepHours === idealSleepHours)
I’m not sure why? If anybody can help me.
Muchos gracias in advance!

const getSleepHours = day => {
  
if (day === 'Monday') {
    return 8;
   } 
else if (day === 'Tuesday') {
    return 7; 
   }   
else if (day === 'Wednesday') {
    return 7; 
   } 
else if (day === 'Thursday') {
    return 7; 
   } 
else if (day === 'Friday') {
    return 9; 
   } 
else if (day === 'Saterday') {
    return 7; 
   }   
else if (day === 'Sunday') {
    return 7; 
   }    
else {
   } 
};

const getActualSleepHours = () => 
getSleepHours('Monday') + 
getSleepHours('Tuesday') + 
getSleepHours('Wednesday') + 
getSleepHours('Thursday')  + 
getSleepHours('Friday') + 
getSleepHours('Saterday') + 
getSleepHours('Sunday');

const getIdealSleepHours = () => {
  let idealHours = 8;
  return idealHours * 7;
}; 

const calculateSleepDebt = () => {
  const actualSleepHours = getActualSleepHours ();
  const idealSleepHours = getIdealSleepHours ();
}

if (actualSleepHours === idealSleepHours)
{ 
  console.log('you got the perfect amount of sleep')
  } 
else if (actualSleepHours > idealSleepHours) 
{ 
  console.log('You got ' + (idealSleepHours - actualSleepHours) + ' hour(s) less sleep than you need this week. Get some rest')
  } 
else if (actualSleepHours > idealSleepHours) {
  console.log('You got ' + (idealSleepHours-actualSleepHours) + ' more sleep than needed')
  }
else { 
  console.log ('Error!')
    }

}

calculateSleepDebt ();
#2

here:

}

calculateSleepDebt ();

if i put my cursor on the } it becomes red, indicating it doesn’t have a matching opening curly bracket.

If you indent your code nicely, it becomes a lot easier to spot this kind of error.

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#3

Thanks! When I remove the }, I’ve got another error “ReferenceError: actualSleepHours is not defined”
But I did created a variable actualSleepHours.

#4

yes, but what scope does that variable have and where do you try to access this variable?

your calculateSleepDebt function ends too early/you close the function too early

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#5

okay thanks for pointing this out :slight_smile: