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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Using For Loops with Arrays

Posted by Ben Mohammad
Ben Mohammad
5,659 Points

printList function on the playlist....

nothing prints to the screen... and Im lost on where im going with this. please elaborate on where im going wrong.

my code...... var playList = [ 'I Did It My Way', 'Respect', 'Imagine', 'Born to Run', 'Louie Louie', 'Maybellene' ];

function print(message) { document.write(message); }

function printList( list ){ var listHTML = '<ol>'; for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i += 1){ listHTML += '<li>' + list(i) + '</li>'; } listHTML += '</ol>'; print(listHTML); } printList(playList);

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,149 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,149 Points

When subscripting arrays use brackets ("[]") instead of parentheses:

    listHTML += "<li>" + list[i] + "</li>";  // notice list[i] instead of list(i)