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Kiran Kumar
5,175 PointsAny idea why document.write() printing the elements after it comes out of the loop unlike printing for every iteration?
1 Answer
Andre Lorch de Oliveira
9,326 PointsNice question. I also just learned something new ;-)
You don't see the page update while you're repeatedly submitting your guesses because the browser is still evaluating your while() loop, and deferring the re-rendering of the visible page until the while loop terminates.
The most direct way to achieve what you're asking, without changing much of your code, would be to substitute your while loop with an interval, such that your code executes asynchronously and doesn't block the browser from updating the rendered page. (Because of its blocking nature, confirm() (like other methods like alert()) is probably not the best choice for this interaction.)
Found this here
Hope this helps!