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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Selecting Elements

Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points
Posted by Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points

Drawing a blank on part 2 -

Hi, thanks for taking a sec.

Having trouble with the second part of the question.

I believe it's looking for the name of the tag, but I'm not understanding what the question is looking for as a solution. I tried ('last_name')[1] and ('span')[1] etc... each time it tells me the first answer is no longer correct.

Looked at mdn but still drawing a blank

Basically, just looking for the answer so I can understand it and move on.

Thanks so much for your help & patience!

var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName = document.getElementByTagName("last_name");

4 Answers

Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points
Michael Liendo
Michael Liendo
15,326 Points

Hello!

Thanks for posting what you've tried, and that you've checked the documentation!

The correct answer is: var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName('span')[1];

note that there is an 's' in Elements, this is helpful to indicate that when you put in the tag name, in this case 'span', it captures all the items with that tag. From there is just a matter of selecting the one you want, in this case, the second one at index 1.

Hope that helps and happy coding!

andi mitre
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andi mitre
Treehouse Guest Teacher
andi mitre
andi mitre
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hey Yohan,

Quite close..but for lastName it is asking for the second span element, so you would get all span elements and reference the second index.

var fullName = document.getElementById('full_name');
var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName('span')[1];

Cheers

Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points
Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points

Hi Andi!

Thanks so much for your reply.

I could swear I tried that and it didn't work... - maybe I had double quotes on the first line...?

In any event, got it now - Thank You!!!

Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points
Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points

Hi Michael,

Thanks so much for your reply.

I could swear I tried that and it didn't work...

  • maybe I had double quotes on the first line...?

In any event, got it now - Thank You!!!

Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points
Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points

... Speed bump - see I missed the 's' as well.

Thanks for all the help!