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HTML with JavaScript that grows a list dynamically every time arr.push() is called.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>JS dynamic list grow</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>DYNAMIC LIST</h1>
<ul id="dynlist">
</ul>
<!-- <script src="./script.js"></script> -->
<script>
// Answer from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5306843/attach-event-listener-to-array-for-push-event
const dynlist = document.getElementById("dynlist");
const arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
adaptList(dynlist, arr);
var eventify = function (arr, callback) {
arr.push = function (e) { // Here we are replacing the built in Array.push() method with our own. So like overriding a method.
Array.prototype.push.call(arr, e); // Here we are calling the normal Array.push() method, aka the base method. Passing arr as this and e as the element we want to push into.
callback(arr); // This is the key. Here we are calling the function we pass as 'callback' parameter. So essentially we have created an event. The 'arr' parameter is now the array with the element pushed since we called base.push the previous line.
};
};
eventify(arr, function (updatedArr) {
adaptList(dynlist, updatedArr);
});
function adaptList(list, arr) {
list.innerHTML = '';
arr.forEach(el => {
let newNode = document.createElement("li");
newNode.innerHTML = el;
list.appendChild(newNode);
});
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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