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@@ -7,3 +7,132 @@ help CamperBot build a random
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background color changer
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and help them find and fix errors.
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Step 1
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CamperBot is trying to build out
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a random background color changer.
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But they keep running into
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issues and need your help to debug the code.
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CamperBot has already added
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the HTML and CSS for the project.
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But they are confused as to why
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none of the styles and content is showing up on the page.
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When they open up the console they see this message:
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Example Code
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SyntaxError: unknown: Unexpected token, expected "," (5:2)
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Syntax errors are thrown when
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the JavaScript engine encounters something
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it can't interpret. In this case,
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it looks like CamperBot has syntax
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errors in the darkColorsArr array.
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Fix the syntax errors in
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the darkColorsArr array and you
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should see the content and styles show up on the page.
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Step 2
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Now, CamperBot is trying to create
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a function that will return a random
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index from the darkColorsArr.
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But they have run into the following error message:
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Example Code
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Uncaught ReferenceError: math is not defined
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A ReferenceError is thrown when
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a non-existent variable is referenced.
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In this case, it looks like CamperBot
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is trying to use math but JavaScript doesn't have a math object.
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Fix CamperBot's error in the math.random()
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line and open up the console again.
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Step 3
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Now that the ReferenceError
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is resolved, the console is
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displaying the correct results
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for a random number between 0 and 9.
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But CamperBot was not expecting to see decimal numbers like these:
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Example Code
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0.015882899879771095
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2.114596286197641
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6.040964780197666
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Update the console statement to print a whole number between 0 and 9.
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Remember that you worked with a method
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in the Role Playing Game that
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rounds a number down to the nearest whole number.
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Step 4
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CamperBot is finished with
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building out the getRandomIndex
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function and it is working as expected.
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But now they are running into
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this issue when trying to create
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a reference to the body element in the DOM:
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Example Code
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Uncaught TypeError: document.queryselector
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is not a function
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A TypeError means that the
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code is trying to perform
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an operation on a value that
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is not of the expected type.
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Fix the TypeError by updating
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the document.queryselector method
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to the correct method name
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that selects an element from the DOM.
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Step 5
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CamperBot has created a new variable
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called bgHexCodeSpanElement to
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store the reference to the span
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element with the id of bg-hex-code.
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However, when they try to
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log that variable to the console,
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they get null.
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null is a special value in JavaScript
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that represents the absence of a value.
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This can happen when you try
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to access a property of an object that doesn't exist.
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In this case, CamperBot is not
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passing in the correct
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selector to the document.querySelector method.
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Fix the document.querySelector("bg-hex-code")
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line so that it correctly selects
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the element with the id of bg-hex-code.
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Step 6
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CamperBot has now created a function
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called changeBackgroundColor that changes
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the background color of the page to a random color
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from the darkColorsArr array.
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The function also displays the hex code for that new color.
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When they try to test out this function,
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they notice that the background
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color is not changing and the text shows the following:
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Example Code
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Hex Code: undefined
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undefined is showing up here because
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the color variable is not being set correctly.
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Fix the error in the darkColorsArr[getRandomIndex]
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line so that the color variable is set to a random color
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from the darkColorsArr array.
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