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Hunter Meo
4,817 PointsWhy do we add the following in quotes? <p>
I was wondering why the paragraph code is added in quotes to the code.
3 Answers
hugomeissner
7,406 PointsI assume you're talking about this piece of code:
document.write('<p>You guessed the number</p>');
In here, we call a "write" method of the "document" object. The "write" method is a function taking 1 argument which is a string of text that you're telling JavaScript to write to the page. JavaScript then writes the following string of text which is seen by HTML as a valid markup because of the <p> tags residing in the string.
The quotations are here, because that's how JavaScript knows that what you're passing it is a string.
If you simply put <p>You guessed the number</p> (without the quotes) as an argument, JavaScript wont be able to recognize what it is, because it cannot directly read HTML markup and will see it as a Syntax Error.
Aurelius Calliste {Callicodes}
8,196 PointsI thought it was quite simply to insert a paragraph element in order to be more specific with inserting the string on to the page. But I'm still learning so there you go.
FRITZ FABO
1,706 Pointsbecause you can give a style to you <p> with css
Hunter Meo
4,817 PointsHunter Meo
4,817 PointsThanks.