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Start your free trialCortney Scott
3,158 PointsI can't get any answers to show except the one for whether I'll be living in a mansion, apartment, etc. please help
heres my .js code please help
function random_number(num) { // New function called random_choice that takes one parameter, num (or a number)
// Get a random number between 0 and a passed-in number
var num = num || 4 // If no number passed in, default to 4
return Math.floor(Math.random() * num); // Round the answer down (floor) of a random number between 0 and 1 and multiply it by a number. Then return a value and exit the function.
}
function mash_choice() { // New function called mash_choice that doesn't take any parameters
// Since MASH is a special case, give it its own list
var mash = ['mansion', 'apartment', 'shack', 'house']; // The array of choices to pick from
var randomNum = random_number(4); // Use the above function to get a number between 0 and 4
return mash[randomNum]; // Return the list item the random number function just picked and exit the function
}
function get_answer(category) {
// Get a random answer from the available answers in a given category
var choices = []; // A blank array to hold the user provided answer
var selector = 'input[name="' + category + '[]"]'; // Build a CSS selector for the blanks in our passed in category
var inputs = document.querySelectorAll(selector); // Get all of the inputs that match our selector
var answer;
for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) { // Begin a for loop that will run through the code. i++ = add one to the counter which is "i"
answer = inputs[i].value; // Get the input with the index value of the counter and get the value ie. if they typed in dog, you get back "dog"
if (answer !== '') { // If answer doesn't equal a blank... !== means doesn't equal
choices.push(answer); //...add it to the end of the list
}
}
return choices[random_number(choices.length)]; // Pick and return a random choice choice.length = number of answers the user provided in that category
}
function fill_in_answers(answers) {
// Find the spans that need filled
var mash = document.querySelector('#mash'); // This says make a new variable and find the HTML tag that has the ID of "home"
var location = document.querySelector('#location');
var profession = document.querySelector('#profession');
var partner = document.querySelector('#parnter');
var pet = document.querySelector('#pet');
var honeymoon = document.querySelector('#honeymoon');
var kids = document.querySelector('#kids');
// Fill them with the provided answers
mash.innerText = answers['mash'];
location.innerText = answers['location'];
profession.innerText = answers['profession'];
partner.innerText = answers['partner'];
pet.innerText = answers['pet'];
honeymoon.innerText = answers['honeymoon'];
kids.innerText = answer['kids'];
mash.innerHTML = answers.mash; // Change the content of the element in the HTML doc with the id "home" to the "mash" value in answers
location.innerHTML = answers.locarion;
profession.innerHTML = answers.profession; // Change the content of the element in the HTML doc with the id "career" to the "career" value in answers
partner.innerHTML = answers.partner;
pet.innerHTML = answers.pet;
honeymoon.innerHTML = answers.honeymoon;
kids.innerHTML = answers.kids;
}
function handle_submission(evt) {
evt.preventDefault(); // Stop the form from reloading the page
evt.stopPropagation(); // Stop the form from reloading the page
// Build up our answers object
var answers = {
'mash': mash_choice('mash'),
'location': get_answer('location'),
'profession': get_answer('profession'),
'partner': get_answer('partner'),
'pet': get_answer('pet'),
'honeymoon': get_answer('honeymoon'),
'kids': get_answer('kids')
}
// Fill in the answers
fill_in_answers(answers);
var answer_div = document.querySelector('#answers');
answer_div.classList.add('show');
}
// Find the form on the page and attach a handler for when it's submitted
var form = document.querySelector('#mash');
form.addEventListener('submit', handle_submission); // Anytime the form is submitted, we want to call the function handle_submission
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Cortney,
Can you post a snapshot of your workspace? It'll be easier to troubleshoot the problem if we can run this.
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsJason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Pointsfixed code formatting