How to use multiple rename function using javascript.

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I'm new to Javascript and I've only recently learned HTML and CSS. So, example, in this example;
  <body>
    <p>Player 1: Chris</p>

    <script>
      var para = document.querySelector('p');
      para.addEventListener('click', updateName);
      function updateName() {
        var name = prompt('Enter a new name');
        para.textContent = 'Player 1: ' + name;
      }
    </script>

The given Javascript can only change "Player 1: Chris". If I have to add "Player 2: Adam" the same script doesn't work. What modifications do I have to use?

What I have tried:

<body>
   <p>Player 1: Chris</p>

   <script>
     var para = document.querySelector('p');
     para.addEventListener('click', updateName);
     function updateName() {
       var name = prompt('Enter a new name');
       para.textContent = 'Player 1: ' + name;
     }
   </script>

Posted 4-Feb-18 3:59am

Amazingman1

Updated 8-Feb-18 8:59am

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A_Griffin · Answer 1 · 2018-02-06T01:51:00

You need to add ID's to the elemnts and select accordingly

HTML

<p id="p1">Player 1: Chris</p>
  <p id="p2">Player 2: Fred</p>

JavaScript

<script>
 var p1 = document.getElementById("p1");
 var p2 = document.getElementById("p2");
 p1.addEventListener('click', updateName1);
 p2.addEventListener('click', updateName2);
      function updateName1() {
        var name = prompt('Enter a new name');
        p1.textContent  = 'Player 1: ' + name;
      }	
      function updateName2() {
        var name = prompt('Enter a new name');
        p2.textContent  = 'Player 2: ' + name;
      }	
</script>

I'm sure with a little ingenuity you could combine the two listener functions into one and pass a variable....

Richard Deeming · Answer 2 · 2018-02-08T08:59:00

The event handler will be passed an event object, which exposes the currentTarget[^] property representing the element which raised the event.

The only problem is knowing which label to display in front of the name. But you can get around that by using another element to hold the name:

HTML

<p class="player">Player 1: <span class="name">Chris</span></p>
<p class="player">Player 2: <span class="name">Fred</span></p>

JavaScript

var para = document.querySelectorAll('p.player');
for (var i = 0; i < para.length; i++){
    para[i].addEventListener('click', updateName);
}

function updateName(e) {
    var p = e.currentTarget;
    var label = p.querySelector('span.name');
    var name = label.innerText;
    name = prompt('Enter a new name', name);
    if (name) {
        label.innerText = name;
    }
}

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How to use multiple rename function using javascript.

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