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JavaScript Introduction to jQuery DOM Manipulation Adding Content to the Page

Saqib Ishfaq
Saqib Ishfaq
13,912 Points

code not working...

this is my code...

$('.loc').hover(
  function(){
    $(this).html("<strong>Location:</strong> Your house?!");
  },
  function() {
    $(this).html("<strong>Location:</strong> Treehouse Adoption Center");
});

//add a pet to the page with user input
$('#add-pet').on('click', function(){
  //grab info from the post form input elements and store in the JQ variables

  var $name = $('#pet-name');
  var $species = $('#pet-species');
  var $notes = $('#pet-notes');

  //Assemble the HTML of our new element with above variables

var $newPet = $(
   '<section class="six columns"><div class="card"><p><strong>Name:</strong> ' + $name.val() + 
   '</p><p><strong>Species:</strong> ' + $species.val() +  
   '</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong> ' + $notes.val() + 
   '</p><span class="close">&times;</span></div></section>' 
  );
  // add the new element to the page

  $('#posted-pets').append('$newPet');

});

1 Answer

Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

You've almost got it. Looks like you're appending the string "$newPet" instead of the variable $newPet:

$('#posted-pets').append($newPet);
Saqib Ishfaq
Saqib Ishfaq
13,912 Points

Thanks i appreciate it! i looked it over like twice couldn't figure it out what's wrong with the code!