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Bence Vass
7,671 Pointsmy code is not working but it works in the w3schools editor
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>Document</title> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script> </head> <body> <h2 class="profile-name">Treasure Porth</h2> <p class="profile-text">I am a web developer!</p>
<label>Change name:<input id="name-input" type="text"></label>
<button>Change</button>
<script>
$('button').click(function() {
newName = $("#name-input").val(); console.log(newName); });
</script>
</body> </html>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2 class="profile-name">Treasure Porth</h2>
<p class="profile-text">I am a web developer!</p>
<label>Change name:<input id="name-input" type="text"></label>
<button>Change</button>
<script
src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
$('button').click(function() {
newName = $("#name-input").val();
});
2 Answers
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsIt's probably functional code but the code challenge wants it done in a particular way. The code challenges can be very specific about how the code wants to look.
It looks like all you're missing in this code is the var keyword to explicitly declare newName as a variable.
Bence Vass
7,671 Pointslet solved it, thanks :)