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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Traversing the DOM Child Traversal

josh hahn
josh hahn
5,926 Points
Posted by josh hahn
josh hahn
5,926 Points

I am getting task 1 is no longer passing tryout having changed the code for task 1 at all

I am getting task 1 is no longer passing tryout having changed the code for task 1 at all. I have no Idea why

app.js 
const section = document.querySelector('section');
const paragraphs = section.children;
for (x=0; x < paragraphs.length; x++){
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Child Traversal</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <section>
            <p>This is the first paragraph</p>
            <p>This is a slightly longer, second paragraph</p>
            <p>Shorter, last paragraph</p>
        </section>
        <footer>
            <p>&copy; 2016</p> 
        </footer>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points

When using a for loop (in just about any language), you need to both declare & assign your iterator that's in the for loop. The problem with your code is, the variable x does not exist because it hasn't been declared anywhere before your for loop.

Example:

for(let x = 0; x < 9; x++){
  console.log(x);
}
josh hahn
josh hahn
5,926 Points
josh hahn
josh hahn
5,926 Points

I should probably have included that I am trying to loop through each paragraph element and make it blue. this is what I have tried

const section = document.querySelector('section'); const paragraphs = section.children; for (x=0; x < paragraphs.length; x++){ paragraphs[x].style.color = 'blue'; }