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Chris Craigman
13,659 PointsA prompt dialog will open prompting for someone's full name. Use jQuery to follow the comments in code. First, select th
I'm completely confused on what I'm doing wrong
//Show Prompt Window and store value
var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");
//Select Input with the id of #fullName
var fullNameInput = fullName.val());
//Insert value in to full name input
$("fullName").append(fullNameInput);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<label for="fullName">Full Name</label><input id="fullName" name="fullName" value="" disabled>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Tobiasz Gala
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 23,529 Pointsif you enter something to the prompt a fullName variable already holds that value so there is no need to declare another variable.
//Show Prompt Window and store value
var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");
//Select Input with the id of #fullName
//Insert value in to full name input
$("#fullName").val(fullName);