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見綸 陳
6,333 PointsAbout the querySelector
In the editTask function
When we set the variables to get element, here is the part of codes
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var editInput = listItem.querySelector("input[type=text");
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Why here we miss a '' ] " in the ("input[type=text"); ?
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,271 PointsApparently, the closing bracket is optional! But this is not a recommended practice (or even an acknowledged feature, as far as I can tell from the docs).
My recommendation is to forget you ever saw this. 
Jose Balaguer
17,473 PointsYes, he should write the closing "]". I think the code works because the part in between "..." is a string. And the method search into the existent code, the string you pass inside the method. So, the string "input[type=text" is found in the code, as well as "input[type=te" will be found and even "input[type=t". If the error was something like "input[type=tex]" then this will cause an error, because this string doesn't exist in the document. The code not causing error, in this particular case, doesn't mean it's well written.
jason chan
31,009 Pointsvar editInput = listItem.querySelector("input[type=text]");
jason chan
31,009 Pointsjason chan
31,009 PointsHey Jian, you can use three back ticks to format code. it's near the 1 on the keyboard. 3 back ticks plus language so
-```html
code inside
plus``` to close
del - and plus
But i fixed it.