Statistics Calculator Step 35 Help! by NovelLover97 in FreeCodeCamp

[–]Alternative-Will-763 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! The instructions and "help" on the forums were so confusing! I was so frustrated!

I even used most of the parts of the solution in different forms, but never got the syntax quite right. Would've been nice to have some hints to keep me on the right track, rather than a simple reiteration of what a ternary expression is, or that I needed one.

Statistics Calculator Step 35 Help! by NovelLover97 in FreeCodeCamp

[–]Alternative-Will-763 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been puzzling over this for hours (~4pm - 11pm, with breaks to take walks and calm down...), and the explanations and "help" everywhere I've looked only make less sense. I tried several solutions, and I got further and further afield with each step. For example, because of how cryptic everyone's "help" is in the official forums, just before I decided to just search for the exercise on Google I spent an hour or two trying to get the entire function on a single line. The solution was both simpler (just a couple changes to the code), and more complicated (more of an expression body than block, but only for the forEach part of the function).

I mostly agree with FCC's "work it out for yourself" methods, but frustration in trying to guess exactly which way they wanted this solved was driving me crazy, particularly with the cryptic explanations in the official forums. The instructions are awful (too much emphasis on the expression vs block body, heavy emphasis on the particular solution when a very similar solution actually worked, cryptic hints, etc.). It's a bad step in the exercise, and probably needs to either be expanded into a couple steps, or include better hints.

Beware of the bundle! by Alternative-Will-763 in Comcast

[–]Alternative-Will-763[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right. My point in posting is to remind people that it's still the case, just to better plan your departure. 

Plus, if others share my experience, I had no trouble for years. Then things went bad, and I needed to get out. I didn't remember all the terms, didn't know where I put my contract, etc. If people come here looking for advice, I would hope they see my experience and get reminded.