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CHAPTER 4 ■ CONTROLLING FLOW
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var d = topTwenty[p1] - topTwenty[p2];
if (d !== 0) {
return d;
} else {
return (p2 < p1) ? -1 : 1;
}
});
var i = rocketRichard.length - 1;
do {
note = note + rocketRichard[i] + ": " + topTwenty[rocketRichard[i]] + ", ";
} while (i --);
note.slice(0, -2);
// "Crosby: 49, Ovechkin: 48, Stamkos: 48, Marleau: 43"
So, there it is. We’re done exploring conditionals and loops. By the way, Sidney Crosby and Steven
Stamkos finished in a tie for most goals in the NHL with 51 apiece. They’ll share the Rocket Richard
trophy. Note to NHL: I’d suggest fewest empty net goals being the tie-breaker for the Rocket Richard in
the future. Crosby had just one empty net goal this year, while Stamkos had five, including number 51!
Summary
In this chapter, you learned how to control flow with if and switch conditional statements and with
while, do while, for, and for in looping statements. You also learned to make decisions, as JavaScript
does, with boolean expressions. true is a green light to do something, and false is a red light not to.
In the next chapter, we will delve more deeply into objects and arrays, folder-like datatypes for
organizing data. Take a well-deserved break, and I’ll see you there!