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JavaScript JavaScript Arrays Loop Through Arrays Loop Through an Array

Keith Grimes
Keith Grimes
10,263 Points
Posted by Keith Grimes
Keith Grimes
10,263 Points

List is not stacked, just one long string.

My code seems correct but my list is not stacking in the output. It’s just one long string as in console output. Why?

const playlist = [
    "So What",
    "Respect",
    "What a Wonderful World",
    "At Last",
    "Three Little Birds",
    "The Way You Look Tonight"
];

const createListItems = (arr) => {
    let items = "";
    for(let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
        items += `<li>${arr[i]}</li>`;
    }
    return items;
};

document.querySelector("main").innerHTML = `<ol>${playlist}</ol>`;

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,657 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,657 Points

Your interpolation token is inserting the playlist directly (${playlist}).

But in the video, the token calls the function to process the playlist into list items (${createListItems(playlist)}).

Keith Grimes
Keith Grimes
10,263 Points
Keith Grimes
Keith Grimes
10,263 Points

Ah, that did it. Thank you, Steven!