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JavaScript JavaScript Loops Working with 'for' Loops The Refactor Challenge – Duplicate Code

Posted by Becky Hirsch
Becky Hirsch
14,069 Points

My solution

I did something similar to what Guil did originally but I found something pretty cool in a Google search. It uses hexadecimal colors. 

let html = '';

for (let i=1; i <= 10; i++) {
  var randomColor = Math.floor(Math.random()*16777215).toString(16);
  html += `<div class="circle" style="background-color: #${randomColor}"><span>${i}</span></div>`;
}

document.getElementById('color-set').innerHTML = html;

Source: https://dev.to/akhil_001/generating-random-color-with-single-line-of-js-code-fhj The HTML is different because I grabbed it from my codepen: https://codepen.io/Bekahlew/pen/rNMJBxy

Becky Hirsch
Becky Hirsch
14,069 Points

Thank you Jonathan! I gave that a try and see the hex changing. It's cool to see it in action! I'm a big fan of using console.log() for debugging. It's like playing detective and seeing each step is a different clue. :)

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Looks great! Well done! :)

I looked at the codepen and had a look at the way the Math.floor() and Math.random() function work together by passing randomColor to console.log() like this

var randomColor = Math.floor(Math.random()*16777215).toString(16);
  html += `<div class="circle" style="background-color: #${randomColor}"><span>${i}</span></div>`;
}
console.log("#"+randomColor);

Try it yourself See what hexadecimal number comes out. console.log() is a good way to debug and/or see if your program is working as expected.