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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Modifying Elements

Ricardo Franco
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JavaScript and the DOM...First code challenge in section 3...can't get past first step

I can't seem to figure out how to get the code to account for a value. Please assist. Thank you in advance.

app.js 
const inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName');
inputValue.value;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">
            <label>Link Name:</label>
            <input type="text" id="linkName">
            <button id="linkName"></button>
            <a id="link" href="https://teamtreehouse.com"></a>
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Daniel Turato
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Daniel Turato
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You're literally so close. You just need to store the value of the element in inputValue, not the element itself. Like so:

var inputValue = document.getElementById('linkName').value;