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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Child Traversal

Posted by Heather Uebel
Heather Uebel
11,505 Points

Why isn't this working? The error says unexpected syntax "<" but that doesn't make any sense. Please help.

I set a loop as it suggested in the question. But when the question gets to i < paragraphs.length, it says Bummer and the < was unexpected. I have to tell the loop when to stop by having it count the 'p' tags, right? So what am I missing?

app.js 
const section = document.querySelector('section');
let paragraphs = section.children;

for(let i = 0, i < paragraphs.length, i += 1){
  paragraphs[i].style.color = "blue";

}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Child Traversal</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <section>
            <p>This is the first paragraph</p>
            <p>This is a slightly longer, second paragraph</p>
            <p>Shorter, last paragraph</p>
        </section>
        <footer>
            <p>&copy; 2016</p> 
        </footer>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Heather Uebel
Heather Uebel
11,505 Points
Heather Uebel
Heather Uebel
11,505 Points

Thank you so much! It's always the little things.