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JavaScript

Hoang Le
PLUS
Hoang Le
Courses Plus Student 1,274 Points

why my code is not working

var html = '';
var rgbColor;
function randomNumber() {
    return Math.floor(Math.random() * 256);
}
function randomColor() {
    var color = "rgb(";
    color += randomNumber + ",";
    color += randomNumber + ",";
    color += randomNumber + ")";
    return color;
}
function print(message) {
    document.write(message);
}
for (var i = 1; i < 50; i ++ )   
{
 rgbColor = randomColor();
html += '<div style="background-color:' + rgbColor + '"></div>';

}
print(html);

I don't why it is not working....

In the function randomColor when you call randomNumber ... the random number is a function not a variable .

function randomColor() { var color = "rgb("; color += randomNumber() + ","; color += randomNumber() + ","; color += randomNumber() + ")"; return color; }

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,110 Points

You named the function instead of invoking it.

In randomColor, when you call your randomNumber function, you forgot the parentheses after the function name:

  color += randomNumber + ",";    // <-- this only NAMES the function
  color += randomNumber() + ",";  // <-- this correctly CALLS the function