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Randell Purington
9,992 PointsI am not clear on the question
I am not clear on the question. on 1 of 2.
let button;
let input;
const msayPhrase = document.getElementById('sayPhrase');
button.addEventListener('click', () => {
alert(input.value);
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Phrase Sayer</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><input type="text" id="phraseText"></p>
<p><button id="sayPhrase">Say Phrase</button></p>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers

Alexander Solberg
14,349 PointsYou are assigning the element to a new variable, instead of assigning it to the "button" variable. Simply cut n paste the selection to the "button" variable and delete the "msayPhrase" variable.

Nick Renteria
10,258 PointsAt the start of the challenge the button and input variables are not defined. They want you to define them to refer to the DOM elements they mention. For example:
var item = document.getElementById('idName');
// or
var itemList = document.querySelector('.className');