Javascript call a function several times with the arguments

javascript

Solution

Method 1 - iteration

for (var i = 1; i < 8; i++) fillWebsitePlaceFilter(i);

Method 2 - recursion

(function repeat(number) {
    fillWebsitePlaceFiller(number);
    if (number > 1) repeat(number - 1);
})(7);

Method 3 - functor application

[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7].forEach(fillWebsitePlaceFiller);

Method 4 - internal iteration

function fillWebsitePlaceFiller(times) {
    for (var number = 1; number <= times; number++) {
        document.getElementById("placefillerWebsite" + number).innerHTML = placefillerWebsite;
    }
}

Method 5 - extend function behaviour

Function.prototype.sequence = function(from, to) {
    for (var i = from; i <= to; i++) this.call(null, i);
};

fillWebsitePlaceFiller.sequence(1, 7);

Method 6 - XPath (warning: not tested)

var query = '//*[@id[starts-with(., "placefillerWebsite"]]';
var result = document.evaluate(query, document, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);
while (var node = result.iterateNext()) node.innerHTML = placefillerWebsite;

Method 7 - jQuery

$('[id^="placefillerWebsite"]').html(placefillerWebsite)

I recommend one of the methods where you don't assume there are always seven of them.

Problem

This isn't totally necessary, I'm just trying to simplify my code. This is what I have: ``` function fillWebsitePlaceFiller(number) { document.getElementById("placefillerWebsite" + number).innerHTML = placefillerWebsite; } fillWebsitePlaceFiller(1); fillWebsitePlaceFiller(2); fillWebsitePlaceFiller(3); fillWebsitePlaceFiller(4); fillWebsitePlaceFiller(5); fillWebsitePlaceFiller(6); fillWebsitePlaceFiller(7); ``` Is there a way I can call the function just once, and it will run through it 7 times with each argument?

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