javascript for loop array

Question

can someone please explain how I add/subtract one part of an array (xpos) to another (speed) and then put the answer back into the xpos array. ive tried for loops but can get it to work. is there another way?

<script>
var xpos = [];
var speed = [];
for (i=0;i<10;i++) {
vx = Math.floor((Math.random() * 5) + 1);
xpos.push(vx);
vy = Math.floor((Math.random() * 100) + 10);
speed.push(vy);
}
document.write(xpos+"<br>");
document.write(speed);
</script>

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure you can just use:

var xpos = [];
var speed = [];
for (i=0;i<10;i++) {
 vx = Math.floor((Math.random() * 5) + 1);
 xpos[i] = vx;
 vy = Math.floor((Math.random() * 100) + 10);
 speed[i] = vy;
}
document.write(xpos+"<br>");
document.write(speed);

In JavaScript, arrays don't behave like indexed arrays in many other languages. You don't have to specify a size and you can assign values to arbitrary indices using angle brackets, like so:

xpos[i] = vx;
...
speed[i] = vy;

Your question isn't entirely clear, but, if I'm understanding it right, you could simply do:

xpos[i] = xpos[i] <op> speed[i];

where <op> is + or -

Of course, if you're doing all this in the same loop it doesn't make a lot of sense to save to xpos and then immediately overwrite it with the difference. So you could just say:

speed[i] = vy;
xpos[i] = vx <op> speed[i];

• 8 bit gamer: many thanks for the quick reply. you made me look at my code and ive been doing it wrong. xpos[i] = xpos[i] <op> speed[i]; perfect.