Code Help needed by new JavaScript Student

[jwishy]

I hope I am posting this in the right place and not doing anything wrong. I am just lost right now in my Java class, I have these 3 questions left on my homework and I just do not understand them. I tried writing the code in code checkers I tried writing the code in Dreamweaver and opening it in my browser. I have tried all that multiple ways and I cannot get any output. The better answer would be for me to know what the output would be without having to write and execute it but I I don't, maybe someone can explain it to me in English Well anyway below is the 3 problems I need help with, I need to know what the output would be.

Thanks in Advance

var i = 0;
var favoriteColors = new Array();
favoriteColors[0] = “red”;
favoriteColors[0] = “yellow”;
favoriteColors[0] = “blue”;
favoriteColors[0] = “green”;
favoriteColors[0] = ”fuchsia”;
favoriteColors[0] = “teal”;
while (i < 4) {
document.write(favoriteColors[i] + “<br />”);
++i;
}

var i = 0;
var favoriteColors = new Array();
favoriteColors[0] = “red”;
favoriteColors[0] = “yellow”;
favoriteColors[0] = “blue”;
favoriteColors[0] = “green”;
favoriteColors[0] = ”fuchsia”;
favoriteColors[0] = “teal”;

do{
document.write(favoriteColors[i] + “<br />”);
i = i + 2;
} while(i < favoriteColors.length);


var i = 0;
var favoriteColors = new Array();
favoriteColors[0] = “red”;
favoriteColors[0] = “yellow”;
favoriteColors[0] = “blue”;
favoriteColors[0] = “green”;
favoriteColors[0] = ”fuchsia”;
favoriteColors[0] = “teal”;

for (var i =; i < favoriteColors.length; ++i)
}
document.write(favoriteColors[i] + “<br />”);
}

[Old Pedant]

Well, part of your problem is that you are in the wrong class.

That code you are showing is JavaSCRIPT. So if you are taking a JAVA class, you'll never pass it by coding in JavaScript.

Okay, I teased you enough.

Just for starters, you can't use those kind of curly quote marks in JavaScript.

You must use the ordinary "..." marks.

And then you are assigning *ALL* of those string to the *SAME ELEMENT* of the array.

So the only element you will end up with in the array is "teal". All the other lines are just tossed away.

[MrEnder]

Originally Posted by Old Pedant

Well, part of your problem is that you are in the wrong class.

That code you are showing is JavaSCRIPT. So if you are taking a JAVA class, you'll never pass it by coding in JavaScript.

Okay, I teased you enough.

Just for starters, you can't use those kind of curly quote marks in JavaScript.

You must use the ordinary "..." marks.

And then you are assigning *ALL* of those string to the *SAME ELEMENT* of the array.

So the only element you will end up with in the array is "teal". All the other lines are just tossed away.

aww u forgot to tease the part about dreamweaver =[

(sorry couldnt resist posting that it was to tempting)

but anyways

favoriteColors[i] = "red";

[Philip M]

Originally Posted by MrEnder

but anyways

favoriteColors[i] = "red";

NO!

favoriteColors[0] = “red”;
favoriteColors[1] = “yellow”;
favoriteColors[2] = “blue”;

[jwishy]

Old, you are so right about the crazy quotes. I never noticed that. Should have I used notepad or wordpad instead of word, I cannot remember which lets you save the file in different formats and is used for modyifing code?

Thanks

And whats wrong with Dreamweaver?

[Philip M]

All files must be plain ASCII text files. Suggest you use Notepad or CuteHTML.

Originally Posted by jwishy

And whats wrong with Dreamweaver?

Dreamweaver is not highly regarded in this forum due to the absurdly and excessively complicated code it generates. If you really wish to learn to be a web developer ditch Dreamweaver and use only Notepad or similar.

Be aware that Java and Javascript are entirely different programming languages, in spite of the confusingly similar names.