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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Build a Quiz Challenge, Part 2 Solution

Posted by cameroneckelberry2
cameroneckelberry2
8,701 Points

Not sure why my code isn't working

I know I didn't do it exactly the way the teacher did it, but I would like to know why my code is generating random commas. Check it out here: https://jsfiddle.net/cameck/08zj03hd/

Everything works except there are random commas after the questions that get written to the page that I don't see noted anywhere. Maybe a new set of eyes will help?

1 Answer

Jason Desiderio
Jason Desiderio
21,811 Points
Jason Desiderio
Jason Desiderio
21,811 Points

cameron eckelberry - you're getting commas after the question because you're printing out an array and the browser is trying to interpret that. You should initialize correctQs as a string: var carrectQs = ""; and concatenate the questions to the end of it like this: correctQs += '<li>' + questions[i][0] + '</li>';

You would do the same for wrongQs.

Here is the entire edited script:

var questions = [['What color is the Sky?', 'blue' ],
                ['Is it generally cloudy or sunny in Seattle?', 'cloudy'],
                ['At Subway do you eat fresh?', 'yes']];
var score = 0;
var html;
var answer;
var response;
var question;
var correctQs = "";
var wrongQs = "";
function print(message){
  var outputDiv = document.getElementById('output');
  outputDiv.innerHTML = message;
}
for (i = 0; i < questions.length; i++){
  question = questions[i][0];
  answer = questions[i][1];
  response = prompt(question);
  if (answer === response) {
    score += 1;
    correctQs += '<li>' + questions[i][0] + '</li>';
  } else {
    wrongQs += '<li>' + questions[i][0] + '</li>';
  }
}
html = 'You got ' + score + ' question(s) right.<h2>You got these questions right:</h2><ol>' + correctQs + '</ol>' + '<h2>You got these questions wrong:</h2><ol>' + wrongQs + '</ol>';
print(html);
cameroneckelberry2
cameroneckelberry2
8,701 Points

Thanks man, duh! I feel so dumb! :P