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Andrew Alvarez
11,964 PointsAppending
What am i doing wrong it says i need to append this
var body = document.body;
var newParagraph = document.createElement("p");
var pleaseEnableParagraph = document.querySelector("#please_enable");
//Remove "Please Enable JavaScript" paragraph
body.removeChild(pleaseEnableParagraph)
//Append new paragaph to document
appendChild(body)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="please_enable">Please Enable JavaScript</p>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Tyrell Jentink
8,415 PointsYour missing a semi-colon (;) on the last two lines.
Kevin Lozandier
Courses Plus Student 53,747 PointsHi, Andrew Alvarez:
appendChild is a method & therefore needs to be accessed by the object that has access to it; it cannot simply be invoked as it is in your code snippet.
Instead, you probably meant to append it to the body. Since you set a variable called body to have a reference (pointer) to document.body, you should have the following at the end of your current script instead:
body.appendChild(newParagraph);
This replaced your incorrect reference to a global function appendChild that doesn't exist & the wrong parameter passed in.
Tyrell Jentink
8,415 PointsTyrell Jentink
8,415 PointsYou also created a paragraph element, and you then tried to select an ID, but you haven't yet created the ID itself.