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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Simple Lightbox Adding New Attribute Values with attr()

dawoon chung
dawoon chung
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Posted by dawoon chung
dawoon chung
3,962 Points

I can't solve this

My code as below, can you help me to solve this?

var $target = $("<target = '_blank'>"); $(".external a").attr($target)

2 Answers

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Not a bad start you just need to reorder your arguments. First the question is asking you to take all links with the class external and create a target with the name _blank.

Like in the question you start with the anchor links with the class external then apply the attribute method. the attr takes two arguments, the attribute name and value. Here target is the attribute name and _blank is the value. take a look at the code below:

$("a.external").attr("target" , "_blank");
dawoon chung
dawoon chung
3,962 Points
dawoon chung
dawoon chung
3,962 Points

Gotcha! Thanks a lot!! Have a good day.

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Any time!