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Michael Fazekas
630 Pointsproblem it wont turn purple?
it wont turn purple, I triple checked my code, I'm using chrome also on a mac, ``const myList = document.getElementsByTagName('li');
for(let i = 0, i < myList.length; i++){ myList[i].style.color = "purple"; } `` when i look at the console it says syntaxerror unexpected token <
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsFor the benefit of other readers, the three clauses of a "for" loop must be separated by semicolons (not commas).
Michael Fazekas
630 PointsMichael Fazekas
630 Pointsnvm I fixed it. i forgot to code block let i =0; not let i =0,