Turns divs yellow based on a random slice.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ function colorEm() { var $div = $("div"); var start = Math.floor(Math.random() * $div.length); var end = Math.floor(Math.random() * ($div.length - start)) + start + 1; if (end == $div.length) end = undefined; $div.css("background", ""); if (end) $div.slice(start, end).css("background", "yellow"); else $div.slice(start).css("background", "yellow"); $("span").text('$("div").slice(' + start + (end ? ', ' + end : '') + ').css("background", "yellow");'); } $("button").click(colorEm); }); </script> <style> div { width:40px; height:40px; margin:10px; float:left; border:2px solid blue; } span { color:red; font-weight:bold; } button { margin:5px; } </style> </head> <body> <button>Turn slice yellow</button> <span>Click the button!</span> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> <div></div> </body> </html>
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