Why does't this work?

Jonathan,

There are a couple of things to look at here:

1) For the second task in the challenge, it is asking you to assign the second span element to the lastName variable; you are currently showing code regarding the first task - do you need help with the first or second task, or both?

2) If you are indeed having difficulties with submitting this code for the second task, the error should be prompting you with some useful information that pertains to the video you would've just watched. Namely, it reminds you to use the 'getElementsByTagName' method to select the correct element.

For the first task, your code is correct. To select the h1 with the ID of #full_name and assign it to the fullName variable, you are good to go:

var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");

For the second task, remember: You want to use the 'getElementsByTagName' method, and then you want to append the index for the second element of that type, keeping in mind that indexes start at 0, so the second element will have an index of 1. And make sure you have it pluralized - don't forget the 's' in 'Elements'! Easy/common/frustrating mistake.

Try to put this together for yourself, and let us know if you're still having difficulty! If you can't get it put together, we'll help you along further :)

Hope this helps!

Erik

Here is the answer var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName("span")[1];

Can you do

var lastname = document.querySelector('span:nth-child(2n)');

It actually worked after I refreshed the page and typed in the exact same line. thanks all!

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