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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Perform: Event Handling

Gesang Lamu
Gesang Lamu
2,742 Points
Posted by Gesang Lamu
Gesang Lamu
2,742 Points

getElementByTagName give error in my console

I downloaded the HMTL, CSS file and everything. So started working on my local computer but

var addButton = document.getElementByTagName("button")[0];

give an error in my console? it does not give me the first button element.

While the instructor was not getting error, i was following step by step.

What might be wrong?

Thanks,

1 Answer

eck
eck
43,038 Points

You are missing the s in "Elements" Should look like: 

document.getElementsByTagName("button")[0];
Gesang Lamu
Gesang Lamu
2,742 Points
Gesang Lamu
Gesang Lamu
2,742 Points

OMG! thats it.... thanks!! I was looking through the HTML file

eck
eck
43,038 Points

Np! Typos are easy mistakes to make and we all make them :P