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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Using previousElementSibling and insertBefore

nishnash
nishnash
6,267 Points
Posted by nishnash
nishnash
6,267 Points

Challenge - Remove the removeMe element from the parent element.

Hi,

Having trouble with this challenge.

my screenshot

I also tried putting the parent property within the parenthesis on line 3 but didn't work

4 Answers

Jeremiah Bushau
Jeremiah Bushau
24,061 Points

Hey, try passing the variable removeMe instead of the string ".removeMe".

nishnash
nishnash
6,267 Points
nishnash
nishnash
6,267 Points

haha can't believe how easy that was. I could have swore I tried that before but it didn't work... Thanks for your help Jeremiah :)

Jeremiah Bushau
Jeremiah Bushau
24,061 Points

no probelm :) I make the same kind of mistakes all to often.

kristinwilford
kristinwilford
5,567 Points
kristinwilford
kristinwilford
5,567 Points

parent.removeChild(removeMe);