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JavaScript Treehouse Club: JavaScript Car Sounds Changing Keywords

Frederick Santiago
Frederick Santiago
961 Points
Posted by Frederick Santiago
Frederick Santiago
961 Points

Need help withe the bike bell element id

Confused on what to switch around for function button?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

  <head>
  <meta name="charset" value="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=0.5, maximum-scale=0.5, minimal-ui">
    <title>Car Sounds</title>

    <!--Style Sheet link-->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css">
  </head>

  <body>

    <!--Car image -->
    <img src="images/bike.png" class="car" alt="car">


    <!--Button-->
    <a href="javascript:startCar();"><img src="images/bikeLock.png" alt="key"></a>


    <!--Audio Files-->
    <audio id="bikeBell" src="sounds/bikeBell.mp3" preload="auto"></audio>


    <!--Javascript-->
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function bikeBell() {
            document.writethenewidHere('carStart').play();
        }

    </script>

  </body>

</html>

1 Answer

Brodey Newman
Brodey Newman
10,962 Points
Brodey Newman
Brodey Newman
10,962 Points

Hello Frederick,

In your bikeBell function, you need to select the audio tag with the id of 'bikeBell'. To do this, you can use document.getElementById('bikeBell'); .

Let me know if this helps!

Frederick Santiago
Frederick Santiago
961 Points
Frederick Santiago
Frederick Santiago
961 Points

Thank you it did I think I goofed up somewhere and added or took something away elsewhere that was causing the whole script not to function right Thanks again