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Niki Molnar
25,698 PointsAlternative right/wrong solution to 2-dimensional array quiz?
Rather than add two more arrays for right and wrong answers, why wouldn't you push a true or false to the end of each question i.e.:
if(response === answer) { questions[i].push(true); } else { questions[i].push(false); }
then loop through the question array for which question were right and wrong.
My question is, doesn't creating new arrays take additional server time/resources?
2 Answers
Steven Parker
243,656 PointsThese arrays are not created in the server.
Your JavaScript code is executed in the user's browser.
But your idea might help reduce memory usage when the number of questions was really huge, since you would be only storing a boolean instead of a copy of the question. But you could also make the program more memory-efficient by saving the question index instead of the question itself in the separate array. Having multiple arrays doesn't require more system or memory resources if the total storage space is the same.
Niki Molnar
25,698 PointsThanks - that's helpful