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Justin Oswald
5,969 Pointssorry about that...
How would you select the body element using document.getElementsByTagName, and store it in the variable body?
(Hint: Don't forget that this method returns a collection, not a single element.)
const body =_______________________
2 Answers
Matthew Long
28,407 PointsThis question wants you to use getElementsByTagName() to select the body. "Elements" being plural is good indication that this will select a collection of elements. And since we're interested in the "first" body element you can select it using an index of 0.
const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
Justin Oswald
5,969 Pointsthank you! how did you know that we were looking for the first body element?
Emily Coleman
7,137 PointsJustin Oswald Matthew Long I have the same question--how did you know to select the first one?
Jake Salo
13,175 PointsThere is generally only ever 1 body tag on a webpage. I cannot think of a reason to have more than one... Therefore, when selecting the body tag using this method, it will always be the element at index 0.
Matthew Long
28,407 PointsMatthew Long
28,407 PointsWhich question?