Possible hide first two output value

Question

hello guys i just want to ask if possible to hide the first two false output values before getting the true value

Here's my code

let people = [ {name:'john'}, {name:'smith'}, {name:'jerry'}, {name:'peter'}, {name:'justine'}, {name:'rain'} ];

for (let i = 0; i <= people.length; i++) {
if(people[i].name === 'jerry'){
console.log('jerry');
} else {
console.log('false');
}
}

This is the output:
false,
false,
jerry,
false,
false,
false

But my desire output:
jerry,
false,
false,
false

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

You can achieve it by using a helper variable:

let people = [ {name:'john'}, {name:'smith'}, {name:'jerry'}, {name:'peter'}, {name:'justine'}, {name:'rain'} ];

let isDesiredNameFound = false;
for (let i = 0; i < people.length; i++) {
if(people[i].name === 'jerry'){
console.log('jerry');
isDesiredNameFound = true;
} else if(isDesiredNameFound) {
console.log('false');
}
}

https://code.sololearn.com/WE7I4QlpFrHa/?ref=app

Notice that i changed the for loop from
i <= people.length;
to
i < people.length;
It will crash with both, the less than & the equal to.