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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops The Refactor Challenge Solution

Hunter Shaw
Hunter Shaw
2,187 Points
Posted by Hunter Shaw
Hunter Shaw
2,187 Points

Was this a bad way of doing the challenge? 

var html = '';
var red;
var green;
var blue;
var rgbColor;

function randomColors(html) {
  red = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256 );
  green = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256 );
  blue = Math.floor(Math.random() * 256 );
  rgbColor = 'rgb(' + red + ',' + green + ',' + blue + ')';
  return html += '<div style="background-color:' + rgbColor + '"></div>';
}


for ( i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
  document.write(randomColors(html));
}
Hunter Shaw
Hunter Shaw
2,187 Points
Hunter Shaw
Hunter Shaw
2,187 Points

I'm sorry, I didn't watch until the end of the video. He just suggested doing it this way. I am done. Lmao.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

If it works, it's not bad!

But you could make it more "DRY" if you wanted. For example, you could make a function for picking the random values so you don't need to repeat the same code 3 times when picking the colors values.

Hunter Shaw
Hunter Shaw
2,187 Points
Hunter Shaw
Hunter Shaw
2,187 Points

Thank you, you're always oh-so helpful!