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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Selecting Multiple Elements

michael edmondson
michael edmondson
4,512 Points
Posted by michael edmondson
michael edmondson
4,512 Points

IM completely lost with this can someone please help?

onst listItems = document.querySelectorAll('li'); const colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];

for(let i = 0; i < colors.length; i ++) { listItems[i].style.color = rainbow[i];
}

js/app.js 
const  listItems = document.querySelectorAll('li');
const colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];

for(let i = 0; i < colors.length; i ++) {
  listItems[i].style.color = rainbow[i];    
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Rainbow!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <ul id="rainbow">
      <li>This should be red</li>
      <li>This should be orange</li>
      <li>This should be yellow</li>
      <li>This should be green</li>
      <li>This should be blue</li>
      <li>This should be indigo</li>
      <li>This should be violet</li>
    </ul>
    <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>
Christopher Gardner
Christopher Gardner
12,719 Points
Christopher Gardner
Christopher Gardner
12,719 Points

Hey Michael, not sure if you figured this out. You were close! Notice this line here:

listItems[i].style.color = rainbow[i];

You're trying to set your list items to have values from an array called rainbow, but that doesn't exist. Change it to be:

listItems[i].style.color = colors[i];