JavaScript Persistence bugger codewars kata

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The discussion revolves around a coding challenge from Codewars that involves creating a function to determine how many times the digits of a number must be multiplied together until a single-digit result is achieved. The initial code provided incorrectly returns the final product instead of the count of multiplications required. The user identifies the issue and acknowledges the need to modify the function to correctly track and return the number of iterations needed to reach a single digit. The conversation highlights the importance of understanding the problem requirements and ensuring the function's output aligns with those expectations.
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kata not solved.
I'm solving this kata:
https://www.codewars.com/kata/55bf01e5a717a0d57e0000ec/train/javascript

JavaScript:
function persistence(n) {
  var str = n.toString();
  let finalproduct;

  if (str.length == 1) {
    return 0;
  }

  do {
    finalproduct = sop(str);
    str = finalproduct;
    str = str.toString();
  } while (str.length > 1);

  return finalproduct;
}

function sop(str1) {
  let product = 1;
  for (let i = 0; i < str1.length; i++) {
    product = product * Number(str1[i]);
  }

  return product;
}

persistence(4);
Here's my code but it is not passing few tests. Why's that?
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Your function doesn't return what the problem asks for: the number of times you must multiply the digits in num until you reach a single digit.
 
DrClaude said:
Your function doesn't return what the problem asks for: the number of times you must multiply the digits in num until you reach a single digit.
thanks fixed it.
 
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