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

Posted by raj dewangan
raj dewangan
1,293 Points

i completed task one but it says task 1 no longer parsing

i completed task one but it says task 1 no longer parsing

app.js 
var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName = document.getElementByTagName("span")[1];
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

Redweb FED
Redweb FED
15,517 Points
Redweb FED
Redweb FED
15,517 Points 
var lastName = document.getElementByTagName("span")[1];

you missed the 's' from 'Elements'

var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName("span")[1];

This because getElementsByTagName similar to getElementsByClassName returns a collection of elements and therefore the plural term is used to declare them.

Marcin Czachor
Marcin Czachor
9,641 Points
Marcin Czachor
Marcin Czachor
9,641 Points

You are missing 's' in word Element. You should write it like this:

var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName("span")[1];

Keep in mind that getElementsByTagName() method returns collection of elements.