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JavaScript

Posted by Mark Libario
Mark Libario
9,003 Points

.clone().appendTo() gives me error not a function..

I don't understand why it gives me an error. What am I doing wrong? HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-alpha.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-rwoIResjU2yc3z8GV/NPeZWAv56rSmLldC3R/AZzGRnGxQQKnKkoFVhFQhNUwEyJ" crossorigin="anonymous">
  <link rel='stylesheet' href='main.css'>
  <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
  <p class="hello">Hello</p>
  <div class="container"></div>
  <ul>
    <li class='item1'>Item1</li>
    <li>Item2</li>
    <li>Item3</li>
    <li>Item4</li>
    <li>Item5</li>
    <li class='item6'>Item6</li>
  </ul>


  <script   src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"   integrity="sha256-hwg4gsxgFZhOsEEamdOYGBf13FyQuiTwlAQgxVSNgt4="   crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
  <script src="javascript.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

CSS

.highlight {
  background-color: yellow;
}

JS

$('ul').click( ()=> {
  $('li:even').addClass('highlight');
  $('p').clone.appendTo('.container');
});

$('ul').dblclick( ()=>{
  $('li:even').removeClass('highlight');

});

javascript.js:3 Uncaught TypeError: $(...).clone.appendTo is not a function

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,266 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,266 Points

To call a method, you must put parentheses after the method name.

Even if you are not passing any arguments inside them, the parentheses still need to be there.

Mark Libario
Mark Libario
9,003 Points
Mark Libario
Mark Libario
9,003 Points

Oh Thanks! I see now the mistake, I forgot the parentheses! stupid mistake lol. thanks for pointing it out :P