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Florentin Dumitrache
3,757 PointsWhy i can't put document.write in a for loop?
If document.write() is outside the for loop the program runs , but if is in the loop it shows another result. Can someone explain me?
4 Answers
Steven Parker
229,787 PointsThe difference is when and how many times it runs.
In the first example, the loop builds up a string with ten numbers and then when it finishes, the document.write puts them on the page.
But in the second example, the document.write puts the partially-built string on the page 10 times, with the string a little longer each time. The first time it only has "1", the next time both "1" and "2", then "1" "2" and "3".. and so on.
So that explains the difference. Now if you move the document.write into the loop and you change the string so instead of building it up it starts over each time, then the output would look the same:
for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i += 1) {
var html = '<div>' + i + '</div>' ;
document.write(html);
}
Tiffany White
5,373 PointsAs Steven Parker said, when you have
var html = '';
for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i += 1) {
html += '<div>' + i + '</div>' ;
}
document.write(html);
and document.write(html); outside of the for loop, it only executes the function 1 time.
When you have:
var html = '';
for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i += 1) {
html += '<div>' + i + '</div>' ;
document.write(html);
}
document.write(html); is actually scoped to the for loop code block. So when the for loop runs, it sort of sucks up the document.write(html); function and iterates over it as well as what is in the for loop.
Check out the MDN documentation for for loops
Steven Parker
229,787 PointsIf you change the code, I would expect another result.
What do you mean by "shows another result"? Perhaps you could describe the difference in more detail.
Most importantly, please show your actual code, or even better, make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here.
Florentin Dumitrache
3,757 PointsWhy this code
var html = '';
for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i += 1) {
html += '<div>' + i + '</div>' ;
}
document.write(html);
is different than this one:
var html = '';
for (var i = 1; i <= 10; i += 1) {
html += '<div>' + i + '</div>' ;
document.write(html);
}
Yi Ming
4,679 PointsIf you write your code like this, you can get the same result as the video shows.
var html = ' ';
for (var i = 1; i <=10; i += 1 ) { html = '<div>' + i + '</div>'; document.write(html); }
Just change "html += ..." to " html = "
Steven Parker
229,787 PointsThat's exactly what I said back on May 24th.
