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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Selection Review

Shawna Carey
Shawna Carey
3,691 Points
Posted by Shawna Carey
Shawna Carey
3,691 Points

Not sure why my answer is incorrect. Is 'body' not the name of the tag?

I know that document.getElementsByTagName returns an HTML collection to the body variable listed. I put 'body' as the tag to grab, but it is saying my answer is incorrect.

2 Answers

Katie Wood
Katie Wood
19,141 Points

You're right, body is a tag name - the key here is the hint on the question, which says that getElementsByTagName returns a collection. There might only be one body, but if you selected another element tag like h1, there could very well be multiple, which is why a collection is returned, even if there's only one match.

It should pass if you add [0] to indicate the item at index 0 - document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]

Shawna Carey
Shawna Carey
3,691 Points
Shawna Carey
Shawna Carey
3,691 Points

Thank you for your response!

John Shockey
John Shockey
45,061 Points
John Shockey
John Shockey
45,061 Points

document.getElementsByTagName('body') returns an array.

document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0] returns the body html.

Play around with it in the Chrome Developer Tools console!