From 34677a8db03a52f80bed5817b71cbdc0af136f2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amir Walker <amirwalker@ucmerced.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 14:10:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added guard clauses for empty arrays

---
 2-js-basics/4-arrays-loops/array.js | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/2-js-basics/4-arrays-loops/array.js b/2-js-basics/4-arrays-loops/array.js
index f247e059b..ef3ead149 100644
--- a/2-js-basics/4-arrays-loops/array.js
+++ b/2-js-basics/4-arrays-loops/array.js
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ console.log(NumPattern());
 numbers = [8,393,200,700,4,2000,638,29999, -2]
 
 function findMaximum(){
+
+    if (!numbers.length){
+            
+        }
+        
 let max = 0;
 
     for (let num of numbers){
@@ -33,6 +38,10 @@ return max;
 }
 
 function findMinimum(){
+
+    if (!numbers.length){
+            
+        }
 let min = numbers[0];
 
     for (let num of numbers){
@@ -44,11 +53,17 @@ return min;
 }
 
 function calculateSum(){
+
+    if (!numbers.length){
+            
+        }
+
     let a = 0;
-    let i = 0;
+    //let i = 0;
+
 
     for (const num of numbers){
-        if (num === numbers[0]){
+     if (num === numbers[0]){
             a = num;
             //i++;
             //console.log(`step ${i}: ${a}`);