Javascript ELSE statement running regardless of IF statement -

very simple snippet of code (i'm new programming), , i'm stumped.

why console returning 0 each iteration through loop, regardless of whether if statement true or not?

for example, if statement runs, finds match , writes 1 console, else statement runs too, resetting variable "count".

//snippet of array of objects, program searches through  var students = [     {       name: 'dave',      track: 'front end development',      achievements: 158,      points: 14730    },    {      name: 'john',      track: 'full stack',      achievements: '24',      points: '2450'    }  ];    //declaring variables  var message = '';  var student;  var count = 0;  var name;  var search;      while (true) {  	search = prompt("enter name see report, or type 'quit' exit.");  	if (search.touppercase() == 'quit' || search.touppercase() == null) {  		console.log(8);  		break;  	}  	for (i = 0; < students.length; i++) {  		student = students[i];  		name = search.touppercase();  		if (name == student.name.touppercase()) {  			count ++;  			console.log(count);  		} else {  			count = 0;  			console.log(count);  		}  	}  }

i can't see cause of problem, reset of count = 0 in else branch looks wrong , cause problems if name repeated, should @ least 1 once on first match, whereas assert returns 0.

either way, more idiomatic way of writing be:

var usearch = search.touppercase(); var count = students.filter(function(student) {     return student.name.touppercase() === usearch; }).length;