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

Posted by Yaswanth Avula
Yaswanth Avula
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TypeError: 'undefined' is not an object

hi i was getting the TypeError: 'undefined' is not an object error not sure whats wrong

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>
js/app.js 
let listItems;
const colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];
listItems = document.querySelectorAll('ul');
for(var i = 0; i < colors.length; i ++) {
  listItems[i].style.color = colors[i];    
}

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