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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM Appending and Removing Nodes

Sarah Breidenbach
Sarah Breidenbach
4,490 Points

How do I place the new element p as the last child element stored in the div constant (quiz question on Appending Nodes)

const div = document.querySelector('div#feedback');
const p = document.createElement('p');
____.appendChild( ____ );

2 Answers

div.appendChild(p);

Without quotes is Variable.

appendChild is a function which acts on a parent and appends a new child. so Parent.appendChild(NewChild). In this case, what is the Parent (ie where do you want to put what you are appending?) and what is the name of the NewChild (what do you want to append?)

Sarah Breidenbach
Sarah Breidenbach
4,490 Points

I understood the basic concept but I used quotes where I shouldn't have

div.appendChild('p');

I think I was thrown because the variable was named p the same as the element.

I was also confused about having it be the last child element, but I guess it's the last one automatically.