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

Tom Dakan
Tom Dakan
3,967 Points
Posted by Tom Dakan
Tom Dakan
3,967 Points

Funny way to Refactor

Please note, I don't consider this a good solution, just a funny one. I'm really getting my money's worth from those loops.

var html = '';
var color;
var rgbColor;

for (j=0;j<10;j++){
  rgbColor = 'rgb(';
  for (i=0;i<3;i++){
    color = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256 );
    rgbColor +=color;
    if (i < 2) rgbColor +=',';
  }
  rgbColor += ')';
  console.log(rgbColor);
  html += '<div style="background-color:' + rgbColor + '"></div>';
}

document.write(html);

3 Answers

Tom Dakan
Tom Dakan
3,967 Points
Tom Dakan
Tom Dakan
3,967 Points

I consider it 'not good' because there are much more readable ways to do the same thing (extracting the logic into another function or two with good naming.) The string concatenation is also a little dicey since I'm adding the beginning and ending parentheses outside of the inner loop. The creation of the rgb() function string is totally dependent on the outer loop running correctly.

Performance-wise I suspect it's probably comparable, and in that sense, a valid solution.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Having one part of a program "totally dependent on another part running correctly" is a common and inevitable aspect of programming.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Good point about readability, but in this case the code is small enough that I wouldn't consider that a significant issue.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

I like it. :+1:

I think I would call it a good solution. Maybe not the best possible, but good.

Xayaseth Boudsady
Xayaseth Boudsady
21,951 Points
Xayaseth Boudsady
Xayaseth Boudsady
21,951 Points

Creative Yes! But as Tom Daken put it, it should be readable, and maintainable by anyone other than the author. Short, clear, concise.