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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Responding to User Interaction Listening for Events with addEventListener()

Posted by Shenerica Hines
Shenerica Hines
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The Index [0] next to document.getElementsByTagName.

Hi, can I be reminded about why the index [0] would be put by the getElementsByTagName('li');

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Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
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Joseph Yhu
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If you have multiple <li> elements, getElementsByTagName['li'][0] selects the first one.