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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Selecting Elements

Lakysha Robinson
Lakysha Robinson
1,200 Points
Posted by Lakysha Robinson
Lakysha Robinson
1,200 Points

Select the second SPAN element on the page and assign it to the variable lastName on line 2.

var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name"); var lastName = document.getElementByTagName("span")[1];

app.js 
var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName = document.getElementByTagName("span")[1];
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1 id="full_name"><span class="first_name">Andrew</span> <span class="last_name">Chalkley</span></h1>

<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Lakysha,

There should be an 's' on Element. It's plural to indicate that getElementsByTagName can return multiple elements