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Corey Standish
14,835 PointsBold Variables
How do you make the attempts variable in the document.write show as Bold type?
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsDid you try
document.write(variable.bold());
Corey Standish
14,835 Pointsdocument.write("<p>It took the computer " + attempts.bold() + " attempts to get it right.</p>");
this did not work
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 Pointshmmm, try wrapping attempts in b tag like so
document.write("It took the computer <b> " + attempts + "</b> attempts to get it right.");
2 Answers
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsNot sure exactly what you mean but try
document.write(variable.bold());
Not sure if this will work either
Corey Standish
14,835 PointsThat did it. Thanks.
Colton Ehrman
Courses Plus Student 5,859 PointsNo problem :)
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Pointsdocument.write("<p>It took the computer <strong>" + attempts + "</strong> attempts to get it right.</p>");
Corey Standish
14,835 PointsCorey Standish
14,835 Pointsi want the number of attempts the computer made to show up as bold in the document.write output .