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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Selection Review

Posted by Kayvon Wallace
Kayvon Wallace
15,686 Points

cant store the body into const body. I've tried my answer in the dom on chrome and it works fine.

my code. const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body');

tried without s after elements, with no semi colon, and with quotes around the argument body. nothing will answer the question correctly, but i run that code in the dom, and it returns a collect of html with the name body in it. am i doing something wrong, or is it just this questions?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The quiz is asking you how to "select the body element", and not a collection. They even give you this reminder: "Hint: Don't forget that this method returns a collection, not a single element."

So what you're missing is something to return just the element from that collection.

Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points
Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points

You need to give an index value.