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//Setup
var contacts = [
{
"firstName": "Akira",
"lastName": "Laine",
"number": "0543236543",
"likes": ["Pizza", "Coding", "Brownie Points"]
},
{
"firstName": "Harry",
"lastName": "Potter",
"number": "0994372684",
"likes": ["Hogwarts", "Magic", "Hagrid"]
},
{
"firstName": "Sherlock",
"lastName": "Holmes",
"number": "0487345643",
"likes": ["Intriguing Cases", "Violin"]
},
{
"firstName": "Kristian",
"lastName": "Vos",
"number": "unknown",
"likes": ["Javascript", "Gaming", "Foxes"]
}
];
function lookUpProfile(firstName, prop){
// Only change code below this line
for (var i = 0; i < contacts.length; i++) { // iterate through the number of objects in the array
if (firstName == contacts[i].firstName) { // check first names against firstName
if(contacts[i].hasOwnProperty(prop)){ // does it have the property we are looking for? if it does, carry on to the next line
return contacts[i][prop]; // then return the property we are looking for
} else { // otherwise...
return "No such property"; // return the fact that we dont have the property we are looking for
} // if we dont have the property or the name...
}
}return "No such contact"; // then return the fact that we dont have the name in our objects
// Only change code above this line
}
// Change these values to test your function
lookUpProfile("Akira", "likes");
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