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JavaScript jQuery Basics Introducing jQuery Using text() and html()

Posted by Naseem Orfany
Naseem Orfany
9,921 Points

I need help.

I dont know what to do with this, can anyone help?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 class="profile-header"></h1>
    <p class="profile-text"></p>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js

2 Answers

Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points

You need to use jQuery to select the <p> tag with class profile-text like this :

$('.profile-text');
Naseem Orfany
Naseem Orfany
9,921 Points

Thank you Dimitrov but I still cant get through, it says ( Did you jQuery with a selector?)

Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points

Make sure you dont miss the dot before 'profile-text' because that is how you select the class '.profile-text'