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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Simplify Repetitive Tasks with Loops For Loops

Posted by Johnnt Trav
Johnnt Trav
Courses Plus Student 1,295 Points

document.write inside for loop

How does this output a repetition amount of numbers

var html = ' ';

for(var i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
 html += "<div>" + i + "</div>";
  document.write(html);
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

I think you're asking why you get many more numbers than just 10, and that's because of the concatenating assignment operator "+=". This causes each step of the loop to print all the previous number again along with the new one.

To get the numbers to print just one at a time, use a normal assignment operator:

 html = "<div>" + i + "</div>";  // note "=" instead of "+="

The suggestion Kris made works in a different way. That method builds the string inside the loop but doesn't print anything until the loop is finished, then it prints all the numbers at once. But the final output would look the same.

Johnnt Trav
Johnnt Trav
Courses Plus Student 1,295 Points

Thanks Steven!!!

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
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KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

I'm not sure I understand the question but if you want to just list numbers 1 to 10 move the document.write statement outside the loop.

var html = ' ';

for(var i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
 html += "<div>" + i + "</div>";
}

document.write(html);
Johnnt Trav
Johnnt Trav
Courses Plus Student 1,295 Points

Yea I understand that. I was just confused why my method wouldn't do the same thing.