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Kenton Hubner
6,314 PointsWhen implimenting the RBG colors, what is the purpose of adding a space before each variable r, b, g?
$('#newColor').css('background-color', "rgb(" + r + "," + g + "," + b + ")");
the above is what I am referencing. Without the spaces before or after the plus sign, the code does not work. What causes this and why?
2 Answers
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 PointsHi, Kenton. JavaScript doesn't care about spaces when it comes to concatenation, so this:
$('#newColor').css('background-color', "rgb("+r+","+g+","+b+")");
would work just fine as well. You may have accidentally erased a + or a " when doing so, which would cause issues and errors.
Jaime Rios
Courses Plus Student 21,100 PointsAs Ryan says, without spaces it should work fine as well. The main purpose of doing this is to make the code easier to read.