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May 22nd, 2003, 12:50 AM

UCFgirl

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Please Help-School Assignment

Hello, I have an assignment for school and I cannot figure out how to do it right. I am converting an algorithm into javascript. I am supposed to have a list of numbers, but I can only figure out how to do 1 number. This is my assignment, and below that is the code I have written. PLEASE HELP!!

Assignment:
Convert the following algorithm into JavaScript code within your HTML document. Your final web page should display the algorithm title, the input and the output.

Input:
Integerlist[10];

OTHER VARIABLES:
Integer sum;
Integer i;

INITIALIZATION:
FOR i = 0 to 9 DO
list[i] = random integer between 0 and 100;
ENDIF
sum = 0;

COMPUTATION:
FOR i = 0 to 9 DO
sum = sum + list[i];
ENDDO

OUTPUT:
return(sum);

And the code i wrote is:

<html>
<head>
<title>Sum()
</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sum()</h1> <br><br>

<script language="JavaScript">

var list;
var sum;
var i;

i= [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

list = Math.round(100 * Math.random())

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
list = Math.round(100 * Math.random())
}
sum = 0

for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
sum = sum + list
}

document.write("the list is=" + list + "<br />")
document.write("the sum is=" + sum)

</script>
</body>
</html>

what am I doing wrong?
Thanks SO much!!!

May 22nd, 2003, 08:29 AM

epl

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try this:

Code:

  var list=new Array(10);// not sure about initialising this like this... maybe be unecessary or wrong
  var sum=0;
  var i;

  //generate list[] inputs
  for (i=0; i<10; i++)
   {list[i]=Math.round(100 * Math.random());}

  //iterate over list[], building up the running total
  for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
   {sum+=list[i];}

  //output
  document.write("the list is: [");
  for (i = 0; i < 10; i++)
   {document.write(list[i]);
     if (i<9) {document.write(", ");}
   }
  document.write("]<br>the sum is: " + sum)

Last edited by epl : May 22nd, 2003 at 08:31 AM.

May 22nd, 2003, 09:24 AM

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May 22nd, 2003, 03:42 PM

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Hey thanks, I got it figured out!!! Big Help!!!
-Melissa

May 22nd, 2003, 05:38 PM

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Originally posted by UCFgirl
Hey thanks, I got it figured out!!! Big Help!!!
-Melissa

I cannot help but wonder if that means you helped her figure it out or the cut and paste of your code into her editor of choice worked

May 22nd, 2003, 05:53 PM

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funny alright - i was a bit taken aback alright when i read it

well done figuring it out melissa - i suppose, to your credit, i did begin with a copy and paste of your code in the first place

good luck with your assignment (make sure to pass this link around to the rest of your class)

Last edited by epl : May 22nd, 2003 at 05:57 PM.

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