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JavaScript

Posted by Roberts Peirāgs
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Roberts Peirāgs
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,297 Points

browser or the script ?

Hello All,

I created this script from the "JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects" and when i type list or search something in array it dosent display on the page, but when i type quit, then the all written information in prompt is displayed. Is it the script or is it my chrome browser? if it`s chrome then how can i disable that?

script.js 
var inStock = [ 'apples', 'eggs', 'milk', 'cookies', 'cheese', 'bread', 'lettuce', 'carrot', 'broccoli', 'pizza', 'potato', 'crackers', 'onion', 'tofu', 'frozen dinner', 'cucumber'];
var search;

function print(message) {
  document.write( '<p>' + message + '</p>');
}

while (true) {
    search = prompt("Search for a product in our store. Type 'list' to show all of the produce and 'quit' to exit");
    search = search.toLocaleLowerCase();
    if ( search === 'quit' ){
        break;
    } else if ( search === 'list' ){
        print( inStock.join(', ') );
    } else {
        if ( inStock.indexOf( search ) > -1 ){
            print('Yes, we have '+ search + ' in the store');
        } else {
            print( search + ' is not in Stock.')
        }
    }
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,786 Points

All modern browsers (not just Chrome) defer rendering to the page until after the script code has finished. Try substituting "alert(message);" for the body of the "print" function.

As you continue in your studies, you'll soon learn better ways to to make your pages interactive using forms and page controls.