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JavaScript DOM Scripting By Example Editing and Filtering Names Fix DOM Manipulation Code

Bolivar Arguello
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Bolivar Arguello
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Editing and Filtering names

I've been stuck on this single line of code for a few days now. I just do not know what to replace with the first if condition statement as required. I already tried else if statement but does not seem to work and so many other solutions but unable to solve it. I don't even know what video or link to refer to. thanks in advance for any help provided.

app.js 
const laws = document.getElementsByTagName('li');
const indexText = document.getElementById('boldIndex');
const button = document.getElementById('embolden');

button.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
    const index = parseInt(indexText.value, 10);

    for (let i = 0; i < laws.length; i += 1) {
       let law = laws[i];

       // replace 'false' with a correct test condition on the line below
       if (law of index) {

           law.style.fontWeight = 'bold';
       } else {
           law.style.fontWeight = 'normal';
       }
    }
});
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>Newton's Laws</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Newton's Laws of Motion</h1>
  <ul>
    <li>An object in motion tends to stay in motion, unless acted on by an outside force.</li>
    <li>Acceleration is dependent on the forces acting upon an object and the mass of the object.</li>
    <li>For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.</li>
  </ul>
  <input type="text" id="boldIndex">
  <button id="embolden">Embolden</button>
  <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Mark Sebeck
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Mark Sebeck
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Mark Sebeck
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,329 Points

Hi Bolivar. This is a little complicated so hopefully I can explain it instead of just giving you the answer.

So first of all what is index? Index is indexText.value which is what the user entered.

Next we need the li elements. laws uses getElementsByTagName('li') to get an array of the li elements. So laws[0] will be the first and laws[1] will be the next and laws[2] will be the next element.

If you look inside the for statement they have let law = laws[i]; So each time through the for loop law will be set to the next li element using the index i.

So in your if you simply need to compare index with i. When they are equal that is the one li element you want to bold.

Hope this helps and be sure to post back to the community if you have more questions