I'm trying to make a simple hangman game but I am having trouble generating the correct amount of underscores for the randomly generated word and displaying them within my html. I want them to be shown in the div class named place.
Code:
function init(){
$('#newGame').click(getWord);
}
function getWord() {
var a = new Array('abate','aberrant','abscond','accolade','acerbic','acumen','adulation','adulterate','aesthetic','aggrandize','alacrity','alchemy','amalgamate','ameliorate','amenable','anachronism','anomaly','approbation','archaic','arduous','ascetic','assuage','astringent','audacious','austere','avarice','aver','axiom','bolster','bombast','bombastic','bucolic','burgeon','cacophony','canon','canonical','capricious','castigation','catalyst','caustic','censure','chary','chicanery','cogent','complaisance','connoisseur','contentious','contrite','convention','convoluted','credulous','culpable','cynicism','dearth','decorum','demur','derision','desiccate','diatribe','didactic','dilettante','disabuse','discordant','discretion','disinterested','disparage','disparate','dissemble','divulge','dogmatic','ebullience','eccentric','eclectic','effrontery','elegy','eloquent','emollient','empirical','endemic','enervate','enigmatic','ennui','ephemeral','equivocate','erudite','esoteric','eulogy','evanescent','exacerbate','exculpate','exigent','exonerate','extemporaneous','facetious','fallacy','fawn','fervent','filibuster','flout','fortuitous','fulminate','furtive','garrulous','germane','glib','grandiloquence','gregarious','hackneyed','halcyon','harangue','hedonism','hegemony','heretical','hubris','hyperbole','iconoclast','idolatrous','imminent','immutable','impassive','impecunious','imperturbable','impetuous','implacable','impunity','inchoate','incipient','indifferent','inert','infelicitous','ingenuous','inimical','innocuous','insipid','intractable','intransigent','intrepid','inured','inveigle','irascible','laconic','laud','loquacious','lucid','luminous','magnanimity','malevolent','malleable','martial','maverick','mendacity','mercurial','meticulous','misanthrope','mitigate','mollify','morose','mundane','nebulous','neologism','neophyte','noxious','obdurate','obfuscate','obsequious','obstinate','obtuse','obviate','occlude','odious','onerous','opaque','opprobrium','oscillation','ostentatious','paean','parody','pedagogy','pedantic','penurious','penury','perennial','perfidy','perfunctory','pernicious','perspicacious','peruse','pervade','pervasive','phlegmatic','pine','pious','pirate','pith','pithy','placate','platitude','plethora','plummet','polemical','pragmatic','prattle','precipitate','precursor','predilection','preen','prescience','presumptuous','prevaricate','pristine','probity','proclivity','prodigal','prodigious','profligate','profuse','proliferate','prolific','propensity','prosaic','pungent','putrefy','quaff','qualm','querulous','query','quiescence','quixotic','quotidian','rancorous','rarefy','recalcitrant','recant','recondite','redoubtable','refulgent','refute','relegate','renege','repudiate','rescind','reticent','reverent','rhetoric','salubrious','sanction','satire','sedulous','shard','solicitous','solvent','soporific','sordid','sparse','specious','spendthrift','sporadic','spurious','squalid','squander','static','stoic','stupefy','stymie','subpoena','subtle','succinct','superfluous','supplant','surfeit','synthesis','tacit','tenacity','terse','tirade','torpid','torque','tortuous','tout','transient','trenchant','truculent','ubiquitous','unfeigned','untenable','urbane','vacillate','variegated','veracity','vexation','vigilant','vilify','virulent','viscous','vituperate','volatile','voracious','waver','zealous');
return a[parseInt(Math.random()* a.length)];
var wordLength = getWord().length
var placeholders = '';
for (var i = 0; i < wordLength; i++) { placeholders += '_'; }
$('.place').html() = placeholders;
}
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