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👩‍💻 Technical question

Code for drop down menu with another dropdown list within

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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Here's an example code in HTML and JavaScript for a drop-down menu with another nested drop-down menu within:

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<!-- HTML code --> <select id="dropdown1" onchange="populateDropdown2()"> <option value="">Select an option</option> <option value="option1">Option 1</option> <option value="option2">Option 2</option> <option value="option3">Option 3</option> </select> <select id="dropdown2"> <option value="">Select an option</option> </select>
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// JavaScript code const dropdown1 = document.getElementById("dropdown1"); const dropdown2 = document.getElementById("dropdown2"); const optionsMap = { option1: ["Option 1A", "Option 1B", "Option 1C"], option2: ["Option 2A", "Option 2B"], option3: ["Option 3A", "Option 3B", "Option 3C", "Option 3D"], }; function populateDropdown2() { let selectedOption = dropdown1.value; dropdown2.innerHTML = "<option value=''>Select an option</option>"; if (selectedOption !== "") { let options = optionsMap[selectedOption]; for (let i = 0; i < options.length; i++) { let optionElement = document.createElement("option"); optionElement.value = options[i]; optionElement.text = options[i]; dropdown2.appendChild(optionElement); } } }

This code creates two select elements (dropdown1 and dropdown2) using HTML. The first select element (dropdown1) has three options that the user can choose from. When the user selects an option from dropdown1, the populateDropdown2() function in JavaScript is triggered.

The populateDropdown2() function first gets the selected option from dropdown1. It then clears the options in dropdown2 and sets the first option to "Select an option".

If the selected option from dropdown1 is not blank, then the optionsMap object is used to get the corresponding options for dropdown2. The function then creates a new option element for each option and appends it to dropdown2.

This creates a nested drop-down menu, where the options in dropdown2 change depending on the selected value of dropdown1.

👩‍💻 Technical question

how to call a function in another function in js

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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To call a function within another function in JavaScript, you can simply write the name of the function you want to call. Here's an example:

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function myFunction1() { console.log("This is function 1"); } function myFunction2() { console.log("This is function 2"); myFunction1(); // calling myFunction1 inside myFunction2 } myFunction2(); // calling myFunction2

In the example above, we have two functions myFunction1 and myFunction2. myFunction1 is called inside myFunction2 by writing myFunction1(). When myFunction2 is called outside both functions, it logs "This is function 2", then calls myFunction1, which logs "This is function 1". The resulting output would be:

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This is function 2 This is function 1

👩‍💻 Technical question

am I able to nest two functions and have that inside function be the new innerHTML?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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Yes, it is possible to nest two functions and have the result be the new innerHTML. Here is an example in JavaScript:

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// This is our first function that returns a string function getGreeting(name) { return `Hello, ${name}!`; } // This is our second function that takes a function as an argument and sets its result as innerHTML function setGreetingInHtmlElement(htmlElement, name, greetingFunction) { htmlElement.innerHTML = greetingFunction(name); } // We can call the setGreetingInHtmlElement function with getGreeting as the greetingFunction argument const myHtmlElement = document.querySelector('#my-element'); setGreetingInHtmlElement(myHtmlElement, 'John', getGreeting);

In this example, we have two functions. One function getGreeting returns a string message with a name. The second function setGreetingInHtmlElement takes three arguments: an HTML element, a name, and a function that should return a string message. The setGreetingInHtmlElement function takes the result from calling the function passed in as an argument (greetingFunction(name)) and sets it as the innerHTML of the HTML element passed in as the first argument (htmlElement.innerHTML).

We can call the setGreetingInHtmlElement function and pass in getGreeting as the greetingFunction argument to set the innerHTML of an HTML element with a greeting that includes the name 'John'.

👩‍💻 Technical question

array

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

Answered in 3.47 seconds

An array is a list of items stored in a specific order, commonly accessed by an index. In JavaScript, arrays can contain multiple items, including nested arrays.

Example:

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const arr = ['a', 'b', 'c']; console.log(arr[1]); // Outputs 'b'

👩‍💻 Technical question

how to access the same property within multiple nested objects?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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If you are using JavaScript, you can use Object.assign() to access the same property within multiple nested objects.

For example,

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const carAvailable = { red: { compact: true, family: true }, blue: { compact: false, family:true } } let carColors = Object.assign({}, carAvailable.red, carAvailable.blue) carColors // { compact: false, family: true }

In this example, you use Object.assign() to merge two objects - carAvailable.red and carAvailable.blue - then access the same family property in the newly created merged object. You can learn more about Object.assign() here.

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