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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops The Refactor Challenge

Mahfuzur Rahman
Mahfuzur Rahman
3,204 Points
Posted by Mahfuzur Rahman
Mahfuzur Rahman
3,204 Points

document.write() inside for loop

if I put document.write(html); inside for loop I get way too many colored divs. But if I put document.write outside for loop it's okay. I get only 10

var html = ''; var red; var green; var blue; var rgbColor;

for (i=0; i<10; i++) { red = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256 ); green = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256 ); blue = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256 ); rgbColor = 'rgb(' + red + ',' + green + ',' + blue + ')'; html += '<div style="background-color:' + rgbColor + '"></div>';

document.write(html);

}

Jake Cooper
Jake Cooper
Courses Plus Student 56,854 Points

Its because of

html +=

that there are too many blocks when you use

document.write(html);

inside the loop.

either keep it outside the loop effectively writing it once it collected all the html OR just use

html =

without the

+

and you can write from within the loop

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

If you put it inside the loop, you won't need to accumulate in the "html" varable and replace it:

document.write('<div style="background-color:' + rgbColor + '"></div>');