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

Sascha Lamparter
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Sascha Lamparter
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,570 Points

What excatly does the print function?

Is it always putting HTML virtualy in your HTML-document? Or is it just putting data on the website - but if it is second, what the difference to document.write? Thanks a lot.

john larson
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Hi Sascha, did I understand your question? or was there something else about document.write and the print function. I know he does it a few different ways. document.write is not used any more except in testing. there is a print function Dave uses with document.write, but he later changes document.write to innerHTML. I think the point he's making is by using functions, if a better way to do something comes out, you only have to change one function.

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john larson
john larson
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  • Is it always putting HTML virtualy in your HTML-document? I believe that is exactly what it is doing. Or maybe it's something like: it provides data to the browser that interprets it as html in the document. Some one else could probably answer better, but I liked your question.
  • difference to document.write? document .write always loads a certain way and displays at a certain place. I forget the exact details of that. But: when you use innerHTML, which I believe is what I believe you are referring to, you have complete control over where the html is placed and it doesn't interfere with how the page loads. (document.write does)