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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Selecting Elements

Amber Cookman
Amber Cookman
12,662 Points
Posted by Amber Cookman
Amber Cookman
12,662 Points

Am I missing something in this Challenge Task?

Hello folks!

I am working on this Challenge Task in the Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript course, and can’t seem to figure out if I am actually entering something wrong or if I’ve encountered a bug. As far as I can tell from comparing the code I submitted in this challenge to what I successfully used and was learning in the previous video, there shouldn’t be an issue? Am I just under-caffeinated? ^.^ Figured I'd ask here in case my eyes are just missing something, before emailing support. Thanks in advance for your help!

Challenge Task 1 of 2: Select the H1 tag with the id of full_name and assign it to the variable fullName on line 1. Take a look in the index.html to see the structure of the document

Code beginnings that I was given to add to:

var fullName;
var lastName;

My answer:

var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName;

Result: Well done! You're doing great!

Challenge Task 2 of 2: Select the second SPAN element on the page and assign it to the variable lastName on line 2. Take a look in the index.html to see the structure of the document.

Same HTML as before

My answer:

var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName = document.getElementByTagName("span")[1];

Result: Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.

app.js 
var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName = document.getElementByTagName("span")[1];
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1 id="full_name"><span class="first_name">Andrew</span> <span class="last_name">Chalkley</span></h1>

<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Amber Cookman
Amber Cookman
12,662 Points
Amber Cookman
Amber Cookman
12,662 Points

Solved! I was just hungry. :D

I forgot the s in document.getElement*s*ByTagName() and had no problems after correcting!