[Javascript] wrox code question

[Rodney Myers]

"Every day brings new surprises" : ER

I found that the number DID change in NN4.7 and did NOT change in IE5.5
although alerts of the base expression :

javascript:alert(Math.floor(Math.random() * (questions.length)))

Perplexing, but I have to move on.
I don't have that book, but if I had to guess the intent it would be
something like "Let us show you just how horrible your code can be if
you don't learn how to use objects." <g>

This won't help much, but maybe another time....

Welcome to the list

Rodney


Peter Brunone wrote:

> Carl,     Cutting and pasting this code, I don't have a problem
> getting the correct number to show up with a question.  Now, I'm using
> IE6, but I can't imagine changing the structure of the language
> between browser versions like that (especially since JS has been
> pretty standardized for a few years now).
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: carl
>      To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>      Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 2:29 PM
>      Subject: [Javascript] wrox code question
>       Sorry if this has been beaten up before, but I am working
>      through the Wrox Beginning Javascript book, and have one
>      thing that I dont understand (well, more than one thing, but
>      only one question here) the code, from their site,
>      is <snip/> this is from chapter 6, if anyone has the book
>      and wants to read about the intent of the page. My question
>      is:  the number that appears in the text box at the top of
>      the page is correct the first time the page is loaded, but
>      no matter how many times I reload the number stays the
>      same.  Different questions from the question array do
>      appear, and an alert shows that the value of questionNumber
>      does change at random.Q:  why does the indicated number NOT
>      change when the page is refreshed. This happens in IE 4 and
>      5.5, have not tried on a Netscape machine. Thanks, looking
>      forward to a lot of learning from the list, hoping to
>      contribute something useful someday
>
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