Code Challenge - Introduction to jQuery

Question

$(".error").show();

$("a").before(<span>This is a link:</span>);

Before every link add this HTML: <span>This is a link;</span>

I must be missing something, because with this markup it continues to return the error that Task 1 is no longer passing. Help, please.

Answer 1 · 2014-03-05T16:29:20Z

March 5, 2014 4:29pm

You need to place your html inside quotation marks.

$("a").before('<span>This is a link: </span>');

Also, notice the space between the colon at the end of the word "link" and the 

Answer 2 · 2014-03-05T16:28:57Z

March 5, 2014 4:28pm

Hey Brandon,

This is a link: must be between double quotes:

```"This is a link:"

Answer 3 · 2014-03-05T16:29:48Z

March 5, 2014 4:29pm

Remember to wrap in quotation marks, you're very close but you just need to wrap the tags in " like this:

$("a").before("<span>This is a link: </span>");

Answer 4 · 2014-03-05T16:34:43Z

March 5, 2014 4:34pm

$(".error").show(); $("a").before("This is a link: ");

U have forgotten the "DOUBLE QUOTE" marks from the string in the before method.

Answer 5 · 2014-03-05T16:54:16Z

March 5, 2014 4:54pm

Awesome! Thank you all so much for your help!

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