Create multiple elements

Question

JavaScript

var textBlock = document.createElement('div');
textBlock.setAttribute('class', 'finalBlock');

var addFinalBlock = document.getElementsByClassName('block')[0];
addFinalBlock.appendChild(textBlock);

textBlock.innerHTML = "Make this block a text block";

// -------
var textBlock2 = document.createElement('div');
textBlock2.setAttribute('class', 'finalBlock');

var addFinalBlock2 = document.getElementsByClassName('block')[0];
addFinalBlock2.appendChild(textBlock2);

textBlock2.innerHTML = "Make this block a text block2";

// -------
var textBlock3 = document.createElement('div');
textBlock3.setAttribute('class', 'finalBlock');

var addFinalBlock3 = document.getElementsByClassName('block')[0];
addFinalBlock3.appendChild(textBlock3);

textBlock3.innerHTML = "Make this block a text block3";

// -------
var textBlock4 = document.createElement('div');
textBlock4.setAttribute('class', 'finalBlock');

var addFinalBlock4 = document.getElementsByClassName('block')[0];
addFinalBlock4.appendChild(textBlock4);

textBlock4.innerHTML = "Make this block a text block4";

I want to create 4 elements with different text. The class needs to remain the same. I think I am doing this with to much code.

Maybe anyone has some information how to make this code look more beautiful and more efficient?

Best wishes and thank you!

Answer 1

If you do the same things a lot of times, use a loop. Store the different text in an array and go through it with forEach:

var text = ["text1", "tex2", "text3", "text4"];
text.forEach(function(el) {
    var div = document.createElement("div");
    div.className = "finalBlock";
    div.innerHTML = el;
    document.body.appendChild(div);
});

or with a for loop:

var text = ["text1", "tex2", "text3", "text4"];
for(var i = 0; i < text.length; i += 1) {
    var div = document.createElement("div");
    div.className = "finalBlock";
    div.innerHTML = text[i];
    document.body.appendChild(div);
}

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