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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015) Introduction to Methods Adding a Method to an Object

Ben Ahlander
Ben Ahlander
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Posted by Ben Ahlander
Ben Ahlander
7,528 Points

Jquery: using .html()

dice.js should generate a random number between 1-6. Than the click function should add the number to the HTML element. Why is this not working?

var dice = {
  roll: function () {
  var sides = 6;
  var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * sides) + 1;
  console.log(randomNumber);
    $("button").click(function(){
      $("#placeholder").html(randomNumber);
    });//endButtonClick
  }
}

<html>
<head>
    <title>Dice Simulator 2015</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
   <script
  src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"
  integrity="sha256-hwg4gsxgFZhOsEEamdOYGBf13FyQuiTwlAQgxVSNgt4="
  crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</head>  
<body>
  <p id="placeholder">

  </p>
  <button id="button">Roll Dice</button>
  <script src="dice.js"></script>
<!--  <script src="ui.js"></script>-->

</body>
</html>

Than I thought maybe it has to do with the object literal. So I rewrote it like this. But this still didnt work.

function diceRoll () {
  var sides = 6;
  var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * sides) + 1;
  console.log(randomNumber);
    $("button").click(function(){
      $("#placeholder").html(randomNumber);
    });//endButtonClick
  }

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