Tell us what’s happening:
I have been trying to solve this challenge for a few days but test 18 and 20 just don’t pass. I have also read through several other posts and this issue seems to occur often. I have no idea what I am doing wrong
Your code so far
<!-- file: index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
<title>Sorting Visualizer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
<main>
<div id="array-container">
<div id="starting-array"></div>
</div>
<div id="btn-container">
<button id="generate-btn" type="button">Generate Array</button>
<button id="sort-btn" type="button">Sort Array</button>
</div>
</main>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
/* file: styles.css */
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
main {
height: 100vh;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
}
#array-container {
max-height: 95vh;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
flex-wrap: wrap;
gap: 2px;
}
#array-container>div {
min-width: 8rem;
height: 2rem;
box-shadow: rgba(50, 50, 93, 0.25) 0px 2px 5px -1px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 1px 3px -1px;
border-radius: 10px;
margin-bottom: 0.2rem;
border: 2px solid darkgray;
display: flex;
justify-content: space-evenly;
align-items: center;
}
#starting-array {
border: 4px solid darkblue !important;
}
#btn-container {
display: flex;
justify-content: space-around;
}
button {
padding: 2px;
margin: 5px;
}
span {
border-radius: 2px;
padding: 0.5px;
margin: 0
}
@media (min-width: 430px) {
#array-container>div {
min-width: 12rem;
}
span {
padding: 1px;
margin: 1px;
}
}
/* file: script.js */
function generateElement() {
return Math.floor((Math.random() * 100) + 1);
}
function generateArray() {
const arr = [];
for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) arr.push(generateElement())
return arr;
}
function generateContainer() {
return document.createElement("div")
}
function fillArrContainer(element, array) {
array.forEach(integer => element.innerHTML += `<span>${Number(integer)}</span>`)
}
function isOrdered(n1, n2) {
return n1 <= n2;
}
function swapElements(array, index) {
if (!isOrdered(array[index], array[index + 1])) {
let temp = array[index];
array[index] = array[index + 1];
array[index + 1] = temp;
}
}
function highlightCurrentEls(element, index) {
const nthChild = element.children[index]
const nthPlusOneChild = element.children[index + 1];
nthChild.style.border = "1px dashed red";
nthPlusOneChild.style.border = "1px dashed red";
}
const generateBtn = document.getElementById("generate-btn");
const startingArray = document.getElementById("starting-array");
const arrayContainer = document.getElementById("array-container");
generateBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
arrayContainer.replaceChildren(startingArray);
startingArray.replaceChildren();
fillArrContainer(startingArray, generateArray());
})
const sortBtn = document.getElementById("sort-btn");
sortBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
if (arrayContainer.children.length > 1) {
console.log("Array is already sorted");
return;
}
const spanEls = document.querySelectorAll("#starting-array span");
const array = [];
spanEls.forEach(span => array.push(Number(span.textContent)))
for (let i = 0; i < array.length - 1; i++) {
for (let j = 0; j < array.length - i - 1; j++) {
if (i === 0 && j === 0) {
highlightCurrentEls(startingArray, 0)
swapElements(array, j);
continue;
};
const div = generateContainer();
arrayContainer.appendChild(div);
fillArrContainer(div, array);
highlightCurrentEls(div, j);
swapElements(array, j);
}
}
console.log(arrayContainer.children.length);
})
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Challenge Information:
Build a Sorting Visualizer - Build a Sorting Visualizer
