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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Build a Quiz Challenge, Part 2 Solution

Erik Robles
PLUS
Erik Robles
Courses Plus Student 10,635 Points

Cannot set inner.HTML of null Driving me nuts!

Hello. I keep getting the "Cannot set inner.HTML of null" message and I (at this point) cannot find what I did wrong. Can anyone please help. Thank you.

var questions = [
    ["what year was the latest huge housing market crash?", 2008],
    ["How many hours are in a day?", 24],
    ["How many days are in a week?", 7]
];

var correctAnswers = 0;
var question;
var answer;
var response;
var html;
var correct = [];
var wrong =[];

function print(message) {
  var outputDiv = document.getElementById('output');
  outputDiv.innerHTML = message;
}

function buildList(arr) {
    var listHTML = '<ol>';
    for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i += 1) {
        listHTML += '<li>' + arr[i] + '</li>';
    }
    listHTML += '>/ol>';
    return listHTML;
}

for (var i = 0; i < questions.length; i += 1) {
    question = questions[i][0];
    answer = questions[i][1];
    response = parseInt(prompt(question));

   if (response === answer) {
        correctAnswers += 1;
         correct.push(question);

    } else {
        wrong.push(question);

    }


}

html = "You got " + correctAnswers + " question(s) right.";
html += '<h2>You got these questions correct:</H2>';
html += buildList(correct);
html += '<h2>You got these questions wrong:</H2>';
html += buildList(wrong);
print(html);
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Page Title</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="output"></div>
    </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hey, Check your javascript is at the bottom of your 'body'. The only way I can replicate this error is by placing the Javascript above the html (top of the body)... if the HTML object 'output' doesn't exist before the code tries to write to it, you will get this error.

Also, you have an open bracket in the closing 'ol' tag.

listHTML += '</ol>';   <!-- was : listHTML += '>/ol>';  -->