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Sheryl Darroch
Treehouse Project ReviewerWhy does he use [0] and [1] in his for of loop?
Can someone explain the index numbers in the for of loop? I can't figure out why he is using numbers to begin with instead of i, and then he uses two different numbers to refer to the same student. Thank you for taking the time!!
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsIt looks like the video is giving a demonstration of how each element in a Map can be accessed as an array of two elements, with the first ([0]) being the key and the second ([1]) being the value (which in this case is an object with student data).
I didn't realize that could seem awkward until you pointed it out. I think it might be clearer to employ a destructuring assignment to extract both parts and then use them without indexing, as in this revision of the video example:
for (let [key, data] of classroom) {
console.log(`'${key}': ${data.name] is ${data.age} |`);
}
Robert Gouveia
Courses Plus Student 1,714 PointsIts php but it's the same context, for the jquery version you can checkout this .each loop
The point was not the loop it was just an example to what the 0 and 1 meant :)
Robert Gouveia
Courses Plus Student 1,714 Pointsusing a 0 and a 1 like this:
var cars = {'Ford': 'Fiesta','Nissan': 'Skylander','Vauhall': 'Zafira'}
var endText = '';
foreach(cars as car){
endText += 'Make Of Car: ' + car[0] + ' - Model Of Car: ' + car[1] ' <br>';
}
Think of it like this, the first is the Make of the car (KEY) and the other is the model of the car (Value).
Its an array with 2 indexes which is shown in the above code.
Hope this helps
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsAre you sure that's JavaScript? I've never seen this syntax before:
foreach(cars as car){
Also the "cars" in that example is an ordinary object and not a Map, so the keys and values cannot be extracted using indexing.
Sheryl Darroch
Treehouse Project ReviewerSheryl Darroch
Treehouse Project ReviewerSteven, Thanks! That makes perfect sense now.
Van Tran Huu
16,694 PointsVan Tran Huu
16,694 PointsThis explanation is simply clear enough!