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6,674 PointsAfter line 4 in the app.js file, assign the greeting event handler to the click event on the sayButton.
Not sure why this is not correct.
var sayButton = document.getElementById("say");
var greeting = function() {
alert("Hello World!");
}
greeting=sayButton;
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<button id="say">Say "Hello World!"</button>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
3 Answers
Chase Marchione
155,055 PointsWhen I entered your code, I got this error: "Bummer! Use the onclick
property on the button and assign it the greeting
function. Don't use ()." Here's what that would look like:
var sayButton = document.getElementById("say");
var greeting = function() {
alert("Hello World!");
}
sayButton.onclick = greeting;
Additional explanation: You would need to use the 'dot' syntax in which you specify the button first and then the property of that button. sayButton is the button (rather than greeting, which is a method defined in your code), and that's what the property needs to be used on.
Bonnie Martin
13,671 PointsTreehouse guys, can we fix this kind of thing? The course tells us that onClick is the proper way of doing this, so when I use that and it tells me I'm wrong, that doesn't make any sense. It's really frustrating.
Viardiny Mathieu
8,114 PointsThank you!
Viardiny Mathieu
8,114 PointsViardiny Mathieu
8,114 PointsI wrote the same answer sayButton.onClick = greeting; and yet it's giving me the same error you got "Bummer!" Use....
Jooyeon Song
8,932 PointsJooyeon Song
8,932 PointsViardiny Mathieu. You should use a small letter :)