Dropdown Menu - Adding an extra space in options

Question

I'm currently in a Coding class and I'm making an app for a project. We have to insert Datasets into our app. The problem I am experiencing is that when I use my dropdown menu for options in my dataset, after the code is run the first time, Code.org inserts an extra space in the design tab after my options, which causes the code to stop working. AKA: The little white space after all the options.

This is the code I have right now.

onEvent("searchMajorsButton", "click", function( ) {
setScreen("searchScreen");
});

onEvent("searchMajorButton", "click", function() {
  var salaryWanted = getText("salaryInput");
  var categoryChosen = getText("majorCategoryDropdown");
  if (salaryWanted != "Any") {
    salaryWanted = Number(salaryWanted);
  }
  readRecords("College Majors & Incomes", {}, function(records) {
    var filtered = records.filter(function(item) {
      var matchesSalary = true;
      var matchesCategory = true;
      if (salaryWanted != "Any") {
        matchesSalary = (item.Median >= salaryWanted);
      }
      if (categoryChosen != "Any") {
        matchesCategory = (item.Major_category == categoryChosen);
      }
      return matchesSalary && matchesCategory;
    });
    if (filtered.length > 0) {
      var major = filtered[0];
      var employmentRate = Math.round((major.Employed / major.Total) * 100);
      setText("resultMajorName", major.Major);
      setText("resultMajorCategory", major.Major_category);
      setText("resultMedianSalary", "$" + major.Median);
      setText("resultEmploymentRate", employmentRate + "%");
    } else {
      setText("resultMajorName", "No matching majors found");
      setText("resultMajorCategory", "-");
      setText("resultMedianSalary", "-");
      setText("resultEmploymentRate", "-");
    }
    setScreen("resultsScreen");
  });
});
onEvent("backButton1", "click", function( ) {
  setScreen("homeScreen");
});
onEvent("backButton3", "click", function( ) {
  setScreen("homeScreen");
});
onEvent("backButton2", "click", function() {
  setScreen("searchScreen");
  setProperty("salaryInput", "text", "Any");
  setProperty("majorCategoryDropdown", "text", "Any");
});
onEvent("homeButton", "click", function( ) {
  setScreen("homeScreen");
});
onEvent("viewMajorsButton", "click", function( ) {
  setScreen("allMajorsScreen");
    setText("allMajorsTextArea", "Loading majors...");
  readRecords("College Majors & Incomes", {}, function(records) {
    var majorsText = "";
    for (var i = 0; i < records.length; i++) {
      majorsText += (i + 1) + ". " + records[i].Major + " (" + records[i].Major_category + ")\n";
    }
    setText("allMajorsTextArea", majorsText);
  });
});
onEvent("filterByCategoryButton", "click", function( ) {
  setScreen("searchScreen");
});
onEvent("salaryInput", "change", function( ) {
    console.log("Selected option: " + getText("salaryInput"));
});

Max · Accepted Answer · 2025-11-12 09:11:59Z

2

Have you tried?

var categoryChosen = getText("majorCategoryDropdown").trim();

To ensure your comparison logic is robust, you must trim any leading or trailing whitespace from the value you retrieve from the dropdown before using it to filter your records.

answered Nov 12 at 9:11

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Melina Nichols Nov 12 at 20:30

Yeah I did, still didn't work. I just redid the project using something else. Thank you so much for the help though!

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