'How can I display an random quote from an Javascript Array in html?
im trying to make random quotes that are listed in an array appear on my website on reload however I cant quite get it to work
Javascript:
function textOfToday() {
var textOfTodayArray = [
'String 1', 'String 2'
]
document.getElementById('randomTitle').value = textOfTodayArray[Math.floor(Math.random()*textOfTodayArray.length)];
}
The following html div code is designed to display the text however I just cant get it:
<div class="randomTitle" style="text-align: center;"></div>
Ive also tried using id="randomTitle"
in the div part but this did not work either
Is there something else wrong maybe? Im not no expert by all means but I cant spot any syntax mistakes
Any help would be appreciated
Solution 1:[1]
You need to use the innerHTML
property to display in the HTML element. Also make use of the id tag when you are targeting by Id. Also, You never invoked your function so it never ran.
function textOfToday() {
var textOfTodayArray = ['String 1', 'String 2'];
document.getElementById('randomTitle').innerHTML = textOfTodayArray[Math.floor(Math.random() * textOfTodayArray.length)];
}
textOfToday();
<div id="randomTitle" style="text-align: center;">Hi</div>
Solution 2:[2]
Make sure to call the function in your js textOfToday()
. You are defining it, but never calling.
Also, yes, you need to change the class
to id
if you are going to use getElementById
.
Lastly, you need to set innerText
instead of value
Solution 3:[3]
document.querySelector('.foo').value
mostly using for <input>
,
to display information in the div or whatever element is it, you better use innerText
or innerHTML
function textOfToday() {
var textOfTodayArray = [
'String 1', 'String 2'
]
document.getElementById('randomTitle').innerText = textOfTodayArray[Math.floor(Math.random()*textOfTodayArray.length)];
}
textOfToday()
<div id="randomTitle" style="text-align: center;"></div>
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Solution | Source |
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Solution 1 | innocent |
Solution 2 | diemondtank |
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