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

Mikhailo Rozumovskyy
Mikhailo Rozumovskyy
3,779 Points
Posted by Mikhailo Rozumovskyy
Mikhailo Rozumovskyy
3,779 Points

suggest me an answer.

How would you select the body element using document.getElementsByTagName, and store it in the variable body?

(Hint: Don't forget that this method returns a collection, not a single element.)

my answer is: const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body'); but it is wrong.

Craig Sweaton
Craig Sweaton
6,386 Points

getElementsByTagName will return a collection so you can use the array notation when accessing the results

const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];

2 Answers

Mikhailo Rozumovskyy
Mikhailo Rozumovskyy
3,779 Points
Mikhailo Rozumovskyy
Mikhailo Rozumovskyy
3,779 Points

Thanks a lot. Your code works perfect!

alee2
alee2
5,435 Points
alee2
alee2
5,435 Points

The wording of this question is ambiguous to me. if the question is just how to select the code from the OP should be correct.

The answer that the quiz accepts is actually how to access one element within the collection. (even though in this case this is a collection of one). Am I misunderstanding this?