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Record Collection JSON exercise for handling incomplete data
// Setup
var collection = {
"2548": {
"album": "Slippery When Wet",
"artist": "Bon Jovi",
"tracks": [
"Let It Rock",
"You Give Love a Bad Name"
]
},
"2468": {
"album": "1999",
"artist": "Prince",
"tracks": [
"1999",
"Little Red Corvette"
]
},
"1245": {
"artist": "Robert Palmer",
"tracks": [ ]
},
"5439": {
"album": "ABBA Gold"
}
};
// Keep a copy of the collection for tests
var collectionCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(collection));
function updateRecords(id, prop, value) {
if (!value) {
delete collection[id][prop];
return collection;
}
if (prop !== "tracks") {
collection[id][prop] = value;
} else {
if (!collection[id].hasOwnProperty("tracks")) collection[id].tracks = [];
collection[id].tracks.push(value);
}
return collection;
}
// Alter values below to test your code
updateRecords(5439, "artist", "ABBA");
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