So I'm trying to make a Buzzfeed style quiz but i'm having trouble retrieving the values from each answer choice and adding them together for var 'score'. My script has a bunch of half functions that don't work. I was just trying to brain storm. Should I use an array or are inputs okay? I'm pretty new at this so forgive me if you see some laughable errors. Thanks! :)
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="main.css" rel="stylesheet" >
<script>
var score = 0;
var a1, a2, a3, a4;
function next(){
a1 = document.getElementById("shirt").value;
a2 = document.getElementById("zodiac").value;
a3 = document.getElementById("saturday").value;
a4 = document.getElementById("hunger").value;
score = a1+a2+a3+a4;
if(score<=3) {
return("You should eat a banana.")
}
}
function alertFunction(){
alert(score);
}
function checkRadio(){
if(document.getElementById('name')=="shirt") {
}
}
console.log(score);
</script>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #def2ed;
padding: 20px;
margin-left: auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form class = "quiz">
<div id="shirt">
<h2>Question #1: What color shirt are you currently wearing? </h2>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="sh1" type="radio" name="shirt" value="1"> White<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="sh2" type="radio" name="shirt" value="0"> Yellow<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="sh3" type="radio" name="shirt" value="3"> Red<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="sh4" type="radio" name="shirt" value="5"> Other<br>
</div>
<div id="zodiac">
<h2>Question #2: What is your Zodiac sign? </h2>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="z1" type="radio" name="zodiac" value="1"> Scorpio<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="z1" type="radio" name="zodiac" value="0"> Capricorn<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="z1" type="radio" name="zodiac" value="3"> Gemini<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="z1" type="radio" name="zodiac" value="1"> Pisces<br>
</div>
<div id="saturday">
<h2>Question #3: What do you see yourself doing on a Saturday? </h2>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="s1" type="radio" name="saturday" value="3"> Sleeping until noon<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="s2" type="radio" name="saturday" value="1"> Hitting the gym<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="s3" type="radio" name="saturday" value="5"> Shopping <br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="s4" type="radio" name="saturday" value="1"> Hanging out with friends<br>
</div>
<div id="hunger">
<h2>Question #4: How hungry are you? </h2>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="h1" type="radio" name="hunger" value="0"> Not really hungry at the moment<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="h2" type="radio" name="hunger" value="1"> I'm a little peckish<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="h3" type="radio" name="hunger" value="0"> I'm pretty hungry, now that you mention it<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="h4" type="radio" name="hunger" value="1"> I'm STARVING!<br>
</div>
<button type="button" class="primaryBtn" onClick="alert(score)">Next</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>`
Now this is the working code for you (for explanation see below):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="main.css" rel="stylesheet" >
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
var score = 0;
var a1, a2, a3, a4;
function count(){
a1 = $("#shirt input:checked").val();
a2 = $("#zodiac input:checked").val();
a3 = $("#saturday input:checked").val();
a4 = $("#hunger input:checked").val();
var score = parseInt(a1) + parseInt(a2) + parseInt(a3) + parseInt(a4);
alert(score);
if(score<=3) {
return("You should eat a banana.")
}
};
</script>
<style>
div {
border: 1px solid black;
background-color: #def2ed;
padding: 20px;
margin-left: auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form class = "quiz">
<div id="shirt">
<h2>Question #1: What color shirt are you currently wearing? </h2>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="sh1" type="radio" name="shirt" value="1"> White<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="sh2" type="radio" name="shirt" value="0"> Yellow<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="sh3" type="radio" name="shirt" value="3"> Red<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="sh4" type="radio" name="shirt" value="5"> Other<br>
</div>
<div id="zodiac">
<h2>Question #2: What is your Zodiac sign? </h2>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="z1" type="radio" name="zodiac" value="1"> Scorpio<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="z1" type="radio" name="zodiac" value="0"> Capricorn<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="z1" type="radio" name="zodiac" value="3"> Gemini<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="z1" type="radio" name="zodiac" value="1"> Pisces<br>
</div>
<div id="saturday">
<h2>Question #3: What do you see yourself doing on a Saturday? </h2>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="s1" type="radio" name="saturday" value="3"> Sleeping until noon<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="s2" type="radio" name="saturday" value="1"> Hitting the gym<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="s3" type="radio" name="saturday" value="5"> Shopping <br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="s4" type="radio" name="saturday" value="1"> Hanging out with friends<br>
</div>
<div id="hunger">
<h2>Question #4: How hungry are you? </h2>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="h1" type="radio" name="hunger" value="0"> Not really hungry at the moment<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="h2" type="radio" name="hunger" value="1"> I'm a little peckish<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="h3" type="radio" name="hunger" value="0"> I'm pretty hungry, now that you mention it<br>
<input onlick="checkRadio(this.value, this.name)" id="h4" type="radio" name="hunger" value="1"> I'm STARVING!<br>
</div>
<button type="button" class="primaryBtn" onClick="count();">Next</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
First of all, I linked jquery to enable jQuery selectors, which are much easier for a begginer to learn in my opinion.
The syntax being $('SELECTOR_NAME').method(); i just called the checked input field (input:checked) for each of the divs (#shirt, #zodiac etc.) to get their values with val() method.
Then, in order to add them i used parseInt(variable) since they were treated as strings (for example 5 + 1+ 3+ 1 would be 5131 not 10). parseInt makes them numbers, so they add really cool now.