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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Selecting Elements

Ahmad Almoghraby
Ahmad Almoghraby
6,769 Points
Posted by Ahmad Almoghraby
Ahmad Almoghraby
6,769 Points

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

Select the second SPAN element on the page and assign it to the variable lastName on line 2. Take a look in the index.html to see the structure of the document.

Please Help !

app.js 
var fullName = document.getElementById('full_name');
var lastName = document.getElementByTagName('span')[1];
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1 id="full_name"><span class="first_name">Andrew</span> <span class="last_name">Chalkley</span></h1>

<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Ahmad,

Its

getElementsByTagName()

You just forgot the "s".

Ahmad Almoghraby
Ahmad Almoghraby
6,769 Points
Ahmad Almoghraby
Ahmad Almoghraby
6,769 Points

Oh My God ! Thanks Hugo "Life Saver"