My code is not working (help)

Question

var yourName = prompt("your name please");
var namesList = ["john", "bob", "lux"];

for ( i = 0; i < 3; i++){
if ( yourName === namesList[i] ){
document.write("your name on list") ;
break;
}
else {
document.write("not on list") ;
break;
}
}

when i enter john its true
but bob and lux is false

whats wrong ?

Answer 1

you have placed a 'break' command inside the 'else' condition.

since 'else' is always entered if the 'if' does not enters, you simply break the loop and end the program before even examining the rest of the array.

you only checked at the first index of the array and then broke the loop

Answer 2

there you go

var yourName = prompt("your name please");
var namesList = ["john", "bob", "lux"];
var found = false;

for ( i = 0; i < 3; i++){
if ( yourName === namesList[i] ){
document.write("your name on list") ;
found = true;
break;
}
}
if(!found)
document.write("not on list") ;

Answer 3

Break will always stop a function the moment it is encountered, preventing the remaining loops from completing.

Answer 4

still not working

Answer 5

I guess just use == instead of ===

Answer 6

Object types are not equal