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

Farnoosh Johnson
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Points
Posted by Farnoosh Johnson
Farnoosh Johnson
7,887 Points

getElementById

second task does not work:(

app.js 
var fullName= document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName = document.getElementByTagName("last_name");
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1 id="full_name"><span class="first_name">Andrew</span> <span class="last_name">Chalkley</span></h1>

<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

There are 2 issues: 1 the function name is getElementsByTagName and will return an array of Elements, because more than one element can have the same tag. 2 last_name is the class of the tag, not the name.