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JavaScript jQuery Basics Working with jQuery Collections The .each() method

Posted by Lynn Collins
Lynn Collins
10,080 Points

Syntax problem?

I'm so, lost....am I making a syntax error?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <h2>My Favorite Things</h2>

    <ul class="favorite-things">
        <li>Kittens</li>
        <li>Rainbows</li>
        <li>Unicorns</li>
        <li>Sprinkles</li>
    </ul>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
$('.favorite-things li').each(function() {
 $(this).prepend('<input type="checkbox"/>'); });
});

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

You replicated the closing brace of the function, and the closing parenthesis (and semicolon) of the "each" call.

All of those were already provided by the challenge on the next line.