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Vladimir Lapcevic
6,363 PointsI am stuck on the second step of this exercise. Please help.
I am stuck on the second step of this exercise. Please help.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>DOM Manipulation</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<ul>
<li id="first">First Item</li>
<li id="second">Second Item</li>
<li id="third">Third Item</li>
</ul>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
let myList = document.querySelector('ul');
let firstListItem; = document.querySelector('li:first-child');
2 Answers

Antti Lylander
9,673 PointsYou have ul element already stored in myList. Now you can do:
let firstListItem = myList.querySelector('');
I left the selector blank. I'm sure you can figure it out.

Felipe Giovanni de Moura Santos
21,331 PointsYou have an undesired ';' right after the second variable name that is ending the line and causing an "Unexpected token =
".

Antti Lylander
9,673 PointsThat's true. It works when you remove the extra semicolon.