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MUZ140569 Wiseman Vhenge
5,401 PointsAssigning an id to a variable
Objective : Select the H1 tag with the id of full_name and assign it to the variable fullName on line 1. Take a look in the index.html to see the structure of the document
var fullName;
var lastName;
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1 id="full_name"><span class="first_name">Andrew</span> <span class="last_name">Chalkley</span></h1>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 PointsTo elaborate Jarolds answer. you can assign an html element by id to a variable by doing the following.
var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName = document.getElementById("last_name");
Jarold Wong
7,766 PointsYou'll want to use the getElementById() to select the h1 element.