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JavaScript Random Quote Generator

Jesus Marco del Carmen
Jesus Marco del Carmen
10,393 Points
Posted by Jesus Marco del Carmen
Jesus Marco del Carmen
10,393 Points

[object MouseEvent] text in body.

I am somewhat complete with the random quote generator, but I only have one problem.

Every time I click the button, the next quote that appears has a text above it that says "[object MouseEvent]".

Although, when I refresh the page, it does not show up in the first random quote. Only when I click the button.

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

Can you share your code? If you are doing an exercise in workspaces, make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it.

FYI: Your link can only be used by other Techdegree students.

neilsatterfield
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neilsatterfield
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,018 Points
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neilsatterfield
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I know this is an older question, but I had the same thing happen to me when I started on the first project so I wanted to add my solution in case anyone else had the same problem.

Originally I had called the getRandomQuote function outside of the printQuote function and the '[object MouseEvent]' text showed up and the button wasn't responsive anymore.

Once I placed the getRandomQuote function inside the printQuote function, the '[object MouseEvent]' text went away and the button functionality worked again.