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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Working With Numbers The Random Challenge Solution

Tijl Declerck
Tijl Declerck
1,211 Points
Posted by Tijl Declerck
Tijl Declerck
1,211 Points

Why doesn't it show in my web page?

So I've had this problem quite often. I do the exercise but then it doesn't show on the web page. For example:

random.js file

var userNumber = prompt("Pick a number");
var adjusted = parseInt(userNumber);
var randomNumber = (Math.floor(Math.random()*adjusted)+1;

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
 </head>
<body>
  <div class="container">
  <h1>Random Number Generator</h1>
  <script src="random.js"></script> 
  </div>

</body>
</html>

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3 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi Tijl! You won't see anything with the current code that you have as you've not yet told it to write anything to the document. You've set up your variables etc and it is running the code. But there's no code that actually writes them to the page.

Take a look around 2:44 of this video

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Tijl Declerck
Tijl Declerck
1,211 Points
Tijl Declerck
Tijl Declerck
1,211 Points

It's still not solved. I typed it like they show in the example but still nothing, so damn frustrating.

here's the new thing I tried:

var userNumber = prompt("Pick a number");
var adjusted = parseInt(userNumber);
var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*adjusted+1;
var message = "<p>" + randomNumber + " is a number between 1 and " + adjusted + ". </p>";                                

document.write(message);
Doegena Fennich
Doegena Fennich
8,974 Points
Doegena Fennich
Doegena Fennich
8,974 Points

Tijl Declerck, you forgot to add a parenthese after adjusted.

var randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * adjusted ) + 1;