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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Selecting by Id

Posted by Wojciech Pazatka Lipinski
Wojciech Pazatka Lipinski
2,928 Points

hello, got stuck at this one, I do not know if I have understand the task properly, why this is not working?

Did I use getElementById method properly? why is an error occuring? I thought this will be easy one. I have copied solution from previous two videos.

thanks

js/app.js 
var button = document.getElementById('sayPhrase');
var input;

button.addEventListener('click', () => {
  alert(input.value);
});
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Phrase Sayer</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p><input type="text" id="phraseText"></p>
    <p><button id="sayPhrase">Say Phrase</button></p>
    <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,877 Points
Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,877 Points

Hi Wojciech,

I copied exactly what you had into the challenge and it passed just fine. Something must have happened on the server side. Try it again if you haven't already.

Hope this helps.

Wojciech Pazatka Lipinski
Wojciech Pazatka Lipinski
2,928 Points

thank you, yes sometimes there might be an issue with the server :) confusing, since I am beginner I never know if I am doing something wrong or is it just temporary malfunction. Thank you for your attention anyway.

happy coding, W