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1,738 PointsHaving trouble with task 2
Here is my code below. Task one seems correct... When I add line 2, task one becomes incorrect
- As well, It's unclear to me how to select the second span... Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank You!
var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name"); var lastName = document.getElementByTagName("last_name")[1];
4 Answers
mkmk
15,897 PointsIN the second line, getElementsByTagName refers to HTML tags, ie. 'a' or 'p' for links or paragraph.
More info here : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/getElementsByTagName
It appears you are attempting to select an element by ID or class name, as "last_name" is not a valid HTML tag.
Yohan Aton
1,738 PointsHi mkmk, thanks for your reply. Think I'm having a brain freeze at the moment...
- As I'm not sure what the correct valid html tag should be
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
mkmk
15,897 PointsHey Yohan, take a look at this page on MDN for your solution: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/getElementsByClassName
Yohan Aton
1,738 PointsHi, I appreciate you chiming in but I still don't know the answer. If you'd like to share it with me so I can reverse engineer it, that would be great. Thanks!