I'm trying to figure out how to give 16 different divs the id names that are stored in a 16 elements long array.
This is so that I can randomize the divs "placement" for a memory game, since there will be 8 different div styles that will change along with the div id if that is possible.
My plan is to have the same name for the div id as for the style for that specific div.
Is there any way to set the first div's id and style as the value in myarray[0], and the second div's id and style as myarray[1], and so on?
EDIT:
var card = ["orange","orange","pink","pink","red","red","purple","purple",
"blue","blue","green","green","brown","brown","yellow","yellow"];
for(var j, x, i = card.length; i; j = parseInt(Math.random() * i),
x = card[--i], card[i] = card[j], card[j] = x);
then later in the body I'm trying to achieve something that represents this:
<div id="card[0]"></div>
<div id="card[1]"></div>
<div id="card[2]"></div>
and so on...
Here is a solution for randomising class names using pure JavaScript.
I have updated my solution now that the question was clarified, here is it adapted to your colors. I have set the background-color of the .cards to the colors set in the array. This could easily be done using the id as well, I recommend against using [] characters in an id though as I think I'm not sure if that's standards compliant.
jsFiddle

var colors = [
"orange","orange","pink","pink","red","red","purple","purple",
"blue","blue","green","green","brown","brown","yellow","yellow"
];
var divs = document.getElementsByClassName("card");
while (divs.length > 0) {
var i = Math.floor(Math.random() * colors.length);
divs[0].style.backgroundColor = colors[i];
colors.splice(i, 1);
divs = [].slice.call(divs, 1);
}
Given an array of ids and a set of HTML elements, a random id will be assigned to each element from ids.
jsFiddle

JavaScript
var ids = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10"];
var divs = document.getElementsByClassName("game-element");
while (divs.length > 0) {
var i = Math.floor(Math.random() * ids.length);
divs[0].id = 'item-' + ids[i];
ids.splice(i, 1);
divs = [].slice.call(divs, 1);
}
HTML
<div class="game-element"></div>
<div class="game-element"></div>
<div class="game-element"></div>
<div class="game-element"></div>
<div class="game-element"></div>
<div class="game-element"></div>
<div class="game-element"></div>
<div class="game-element"></div>
<div class="game-element"></div>
<div class="game-element"></div>
CSS
.game-element {
width:10px;
height:10px;
float:left;
}
#item-1 { background-color:#F00; }
#item-2 { background-color:#0F0; }
#item-3 { background-color:#00F; }
#item-4 { background-color:#FF0; }
#item-5 { background-color:#F0F; }
#item-6 { background-color:#0FF; }
#item-7 { background-color:#A0A; }
#item-8 { background-color:#0AA; }
#item-9 { background-color:#AA0; }
#item-10 { background-color:#000; }
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