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sarah samuel
6,970 PointsTask Question Help
Can anyone please help why I am unable to use Val() method correctly here
//Show Prompt Window and store value
var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");
//Select Input with the id of #fullName
var input = $( "#fullName" ).val()
//Insert value in to full name input
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<label for="fullName">Full Name</label><input id="fullName" name="fullName" value="" disabled>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
<script src="js/app.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
</body>
</html>
3 Answers
sizwengubane
15,244 PointsThis is the answer for the challenge <blockquote>
//Show Prompt Window and store value
var fullName = prompt("What is your full name?");
//Select Input with the id of #fullName
$('#fullName');
//Insert value in to full name input
$('#fullName').val(fullName);
</blockquote> Mark my answer as the best if i was able to help u :)
Paul Ogden
7,709 PointsIf you don't pass in an argument to val it will get the value of the element, whereas if you pass something in it will set the value. It looks like here you need to set the value as fullName.
sarah samuel
6,970 PointsThanks Paul and Lakindu