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JavaScript JavaScript Loops Working with 'for' Loops The Refactor Challenge – Duplicate Code

Jesse Benedict
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Jesse Benedict
Courses Plus Student 4,260 Points
Posted by Jesse Benedict
Jesse Benedict
Courses Plus Student 4,260 Points

My solution for the Refactor Challenge

For future reference or usage, I've decided to leave the RGB variables alone and put them in an array instead and did it this way by implementing another loop

let html = '', red, green, blue, randomRGB;
const colors = [red, green, blue];

const RandColorPicker = (colArray) => {
  for(let i = 0; i < colArray.length; i++) {
    colArray[i] = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256);
  }
};

for(let i = 1; i < 11; i++) {
  RandColorPicker(colors);
  randomRGB = `rgb( ${colors[0]}, ${colors[1]}, ${colors[2]} )`;
  html += `<div style="background-color: ${randomRGB}">${i}</div>`;
}

document.querySelector('main').innerHTML = html;

It's not as compact but can be efficient for a further manipulation of RGB values if needed

1 Answer

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

I'm not sure if your array would be considered an improvement over the video example, but it's clever!

It occurred to me that you don't really need to declare variables for the individual color values, you can use temporary literal values when creating the array:

let html = '', randomRGB;
const colors = [0, 0, 0];

And since you want to loop through the entire array, you could use for...in:

  for (let i in colArray) {
    colArray[i] = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256);
  }

You could also use the array's forEach method instead of a loop:

  colArray.forEach((_,i,a) => {
    a[i] = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256);
  });