task 147

kerstman

Hey everyone,

Need a bit of guidance here 😆 For the life of me, i can't see this.

export const formatTaskList = (tasks) => 
{
for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++)
{  
    if (tasks[i].status == 'DONE')
  {
    tasks[i] = '\u2705' + ' ' + tasks[i].title;
  } 
  else 
  {
    tasks[i] = '\u274c' + ' ' + tasks[i].title;
  }
  }
return tasks;
}

Apparently my code fails on the 5th step -

Each element of the array returned from formatTaskList should include the task title

I understand why - my output of tasks doesn't contain a title property anymore but i just can't see how i can approach this. Tried mapping to a new array (failed miserably), tried filtering, tried a few other stuff which didn't work.

Any hint would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

eri

kerstman hey pls which was the solution after all?

kerstman

Nvm, figured it out after a break 😀

Coderslang_Master

@kerstman congrats on finding the solution! I've added some backticks to your code snippet to make it look better 🙂

sriramj

I am having a similar problem. Please advise me of how to get rid of this error: "5. Each element of the array returned from formatTaskList should include the task title"

My code is:

export const formatTaskList = (tasks) => {
  for (var i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++){
    if (tasks[i].status === 'DONE'){
      tasks[i] =  Object.keys(tasks[i])[1]  + ":" + '\u2705' + " "  +  tasks[i].title; 
    } else {
      tasks[i] = Object.keys(tasks[i])[1]  + ":" + '\u274c' + " " + tasks[i].title;
         } 
  }
 return tasks;
}

Coderslang_Master

sriramj you have a similar error in the "spam filter" task.

tasks is an array. So in the loop you should write tasks[i].title to get access to the title of the i-th element of that array.

P.S. Same for tasks.status and other elements of the array.

sriramj

I am passing tasks.title ...[] is not getting displayed in this forum editor 🙂

Coderslang_Master

sriramj you should wrap your code in triple backticks. This time I've applied manual edit to your code snippet.

Speaking of your code, you can try a couple of things:

Don't modify the original tasks array
Remove Object.keys(tasks[i])[1] and rewrite this line
Add more test data to solution.js to find the corner case that makes your code fail

chaitanya

Hi
This is my code. Not sure how the output should be. Can you please help ?
export const formatTaskList = (tasks) => {
for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++)
{
if (tasks.status == 'DONE')
{
tasks = '\u2705' + ' ' + 'title: ' + tasks.title;
}
else
{
tasks = '\u274c' + ' ' + 'title: ' + tasks.title;
}
}
return tasks;
}

Coderslang_Master

chaitanya the mistake is here:

tasks = '\u2705' + ' ' + 'title: ' + tasks.title;

tasks is an array, tasks[0] is the first element of this array, tasks[1] is the second one, and so on.

Try working with tasks[i] as it holds the array element you're interested in.

chaitanya

I think , when i copy the code here, it removes the brackets from the code..

chaitanya

for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) { if (tasks[i].status == 'DONE') { tasks[i] = '\u2705' + ' ' + 'title:' + tasks[i].title; } else { tasks[i] = '\u274c' + ' ' + 'title:' + tasks[i].title; } } return tasks;

chaitanya

Now it has copied correctly

chaitanya

.Could you please help to understand what the ouput should look like ??..it is still giving me error on #5 5. Each element of the array returned from formatTaskList should include the task title

chaitanya

`export const formatTaskList = (tasks) => {

for (let i = 0; i < tasks.length; i++) {
if (tasks[i].status == 'DONE') {
    tasks[i] = 'id: ' + tasks[i].id + ' ' + 'title: ' + '\u2705'  +  tasks[i].title + ' status: ' + tasks[i].status;
            }
else {
    tasks[i] = 'id: ' + tasks[i].id + ' ' + 'title: ' + '\u274c'  +  tasks[i].title + ' status: ' + tasks[i].status;
           }

}

return tasks;

}
`

chaitanya

Hi,
Can you please give me a hint. I tried the above code as well. But no luck.

chaitanya

I got it finally .. 😃 ... Task 147 is closed.

Coderslang_Master

chaitanya congrats on getting there on your own. Some tasks take a bit longer than the other, but eventually the ones that you struggle with are the ones you learn the most from.

Coderslang_Master

eri it depends on what your problem is. I don't reveal the "canonical" solution as copy-pasting won't do any good for you.

eri

Coderslang_Master Error nr.5 Each element of the array returned from formatTaskList should include the task title

Coderslang_Master

eri Could you create a new discussion and post your code there?