Help wanted for Silly story generator

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#1

Hello,
I’m almost done with the assessment, but I don’t understand why I can only generate new story only once, unless I refresh the page. I would like if you would assist me in this. The link to my code is; https://glitch.com/edit/#!/plucky-efficacious-dolphin

#2

At the bottom of your JavaScript file, you have some code sitting outside of a function. That means the code only runs once, when the page loads (or when you refresh the page).

All you need to do is add that code into your function result(), so that it runs every time someone clicks on the “Generate random story”.

So, the beginning of your result function should look something like this:

function result() {
    // Reset story with original storyText so that :insert: is present and can be used again
    let newStory = storyText;
      
    // Choose random value each time button is pressed
    let xItem = randomValueFromArray(insertX);

I added some comments above each line to clarify the reasoning a bit. And just be sure you’re also moving any piece of code that needs to run each time the button is clicked, such as newStory = newStory.replace(), etc.

Hope this helps! :slight_smile:

#3

Thanks a lot :+1: :+1: :+1:
Reading your comment gave me an haha moment and am even blaming myself for not spotting it. I do appreciate it a lot.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK