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

Posted by Jonathan Ankiewicz
Jonathan Ankiewicz
17,901 Points

The hint is throwing extra ' into my code. I assume there is an issue in the programming or I am crazy wrong

The hint is throwing extra ' into my code. I assume there is an issue in the programming or I am crazy wrong

app.js 
var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName = document.getElementByClassName("last_name");
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>

2 Answers

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Jonathan,

You are supposed to use getElementsByTagName('span') instead of getElementsByClassName().

Jonathan Ankiewicz
Jonathan Ankiewicz
17,901 Points
Jonathan Ankiewicz
Jonathan Ankiewicz
17,901 Points

Yeah I got it to work, but it kept adding extra stuff. I had to refresh the page and it finally worked