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JavaScript DOM Scripting By Example Adding and Removing Names Registering Names

Steve Moore
Steve Moore
6,793 Points
Posted by Steve Moore
Steve Moore
6,793 Points

For the mental exercise...

Hello - Playing around with the code to see what works and what doesn't led me to a couple questions. I am looking for an explanation as to why the code below doesn't clear the text in the list item immediately after populating it as well as clearing the input.value since it is also assigned to the text variable. Not to suggest this is desirable behavior of course. Just curious. Thank you. 

form.addEventListener('submit', (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
let text = input.value; 
const ul = document.querySelector('#invitedList');
 const li = document.createElement('li');  
  li.textContent = text;
  ul.appendChild(li);
  text = "";
});

1 Answer

Shane Oliver
Shane Oliver
19,977 Points
Shane Oliver
Shane Oliver
19,977 Points

Because text and li.textContent are not the same. Text and Li have different memory addresses. You can see that as they are both stored in different variables respectively