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

Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points
Posted by Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points

What's wrong with this code?

TT Community,

When I preview this code it I get:

I Did It My Way, Respect, Imagine, Born to Run, Louie Louie, Maybellene

Instead of

  1. I Did It My Way
  2. Respect
  3. Imagine
  4. Born to Run
  5. Louie Louie
  6. Maybellene

Any thoughts?

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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); } print(playList);

Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
33,990 Points
Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
33,990 Points

Hi Zander could you place your code inside the markdown so it's easier to read??

1 Answer

Christer Austad
Christer Austad
8,373 Points
Christer Austad
Christer Austad
8,373 Points

It seems like the forum is removing the ol and li elements. You must invoke the printList() function, not print()

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);