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Nebojsa Stevanovic
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 9,620 Pointscan somebody help me with this... it doesnt work.. where did i do mistake
var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content'); var newParagraph;
newParagraph = document.createElement('p'); newParagraph.className = 'panel'; newParagraph.appendChild(contentDiv);
var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content');
var newParagraph;
newParagraph = document.createElement('p');
newParagraph.className = 'panel';
newParagraph.appendChild(contentDiv);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>DOM Manipulation</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<div id="content">
<p class='panel'></p>
</div>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer

Steven Parker
221,328 PointsYou're really close, you just need to apply the method to the existing element, and pass the new one as the argument (instead of vice-versa):
contentDiv.appendChild(newParagraph);