I am very new to javascript. I have only been working with it for a week. I have been trying to update the html table column with a 0 value to a random number generated by javascript. This is what I have tried so far, with the function "plays", but it produces no output. What errors do I have and what am I missing from my code? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
<table class="content-table">
<tbody id="groupH" onload="plays()">
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>Poland</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1</td>
<td id='updateDraw'>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>-3</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- Update points table as page refreshes-->
<script>
function plays(){
document.getElementById("updateDraw").innerHTML = Math.floor(Math.random()* 10);
}
</script>
There is no onload on a tbody element. This is raised when the window loads:
function plays() {
document.getElementById("updateDraw").innerHTML = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10);
}
window.addEventListener("load", plays);<table class="content-table">
<tbody id="groupH">
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>Poland</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1</td>
<td id='updateDraw'>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>-3</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>You can check it
<table class="content-table">
<tbody id="groupH">
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>Poland</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1</td>
<td id='updateDraw'>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>-3</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- Update points table as page refreshes-->
<script>
function plays(){
document.getElementById("updateDraw").innerHTML =
Math.floor(Math.random() * 10);
}
window.onload = function () {
plays();
}
</script>
Another way is to attach the onload call to the <body> tag:
<body onload="plays()">
<table class="content-table">
<tbody id="groupH">
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>Poland</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1</td>
<td id='updateDraw'>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>-3</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<!-- Update points table as page refreshes-->
<script>
function plays() {
document.getElementById("updateDraw").innerHTML = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10);
}
</script>
</body>