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JavaScript

Posted by Devon Stanton
Devon Stanton
7,793 Points

getting an error: nameActions[action](); is not a function error. Code still runs?

I still get the error in the console saying this is not a function and my text doesn't contain any captilisation.

ul.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
    if (e.target.tagName = 'BUTTON'){
      const button = e.target;
      const li = button.parentNode;
      const ul = li.parentNode;
      const action = button.textContent.toLowerCase();

      const nameActions = {
        remove: () => {
            ul.removeChild(li);
        },
        edit: () => {
            const span = li.firstElementChild;
            const input = document.createElement('input');
            input.type = 'text';
            input.value = span.textContent;
            li.insertBefore(input, span);
            li.removeChild(span);
            button.textContent = 'save';
        },
        save: () => {
          const input = li.firstElementChild;
          const span = document.createElement('span');
          span.textContent = input.value;
          li.insertBefore(span, input);
          li.removeChild(input);
          button.textContent = 'edit';
        }
      };

      // select and run action in a button's name
      nameActions[action]();

    }
  });
});

Here is the error from the console

Uncaught TypeError: nameActions[action] is not a function at HTMLUListElement.ul.addEventListener (app.js:115)