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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Adding New Elements to the DOM

Monroe Gollaher
Monroe Gollaher
7,301 Points
Posted by Monroe Gollaher
Monroe Gollaher
7,301 Points

Create new li element using jquery

I can't seem to get this question right.

"In app.js, use jQuery to create a new <li> element containing the student name "Sam Smith", and save your new element to a variable called $newStudent."

Any help would be much appreciated!

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>Student List</h2>

    <ul class="student-list">
        <li>James McAvoy</li>
        <li>Alena Holligan</li>
        <li>Wade Christensen</li>
        <li>Matt Krzyzynski</li>
    </ul>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
const $newStudent = $('.student-list').append('<li>Sam Smith</li>');

1 Answer

deebird
deebird
7,558 Points

They want you to store the new element in task 1 and in task 2 append it

const $newStudent = $("<li>Sam Smith</li>");
$(".student-list").append($newStudent);