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6,339 PointsIs there any easy way to find the correct answer when I can't figure it out (e.g. answer key or something like that)?
so... I run into this problem all the time. For some challenges I can't figure out the right answer and simply have to skip the challenge. It would be nice if Treehouse would provide an answer key somewhere...
var sayButton = document.getElementById("say");
var greeting = function() {
alert("Hello World!");
};
onClick.sayButton = greeting;
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<button id="say">Say "Hello World!"</button>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
jobbol
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,877 PointsYou're on the right track, but you did it backwards.
What you wrote
onClick.sayButton = greeting;
What it should be
sayButton.onclick = greeting;
For one, capitalization is very sensitive. onclick
is all lowercase.
Secondly you did the dot notation backwards. Think of it as a possessive property: man's coat, baby's rattle, child's toy. Dot notation is just like that, but for programming: element.onclick
.
More documentation and usage for onclick.
Good luck out there!