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Alexisca hall
23,683 PointsThere is a variable named button in app.js. Set its value to contain a reference to the button element in index.html wit
There is a variable named button in app.js. Set its value to contain a reference to the button element in index.html with the ID of sayPhrase.
let button;
let input;
var element = document.getElementById("test");
button.addEventListener('click', () => {
alert(input.value);
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Phrase Sayer</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><input type="text" id="phraseText"></p>
<p><button id="sayPhrase">Say Phrase</button></p>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsYou happen to have a good example in your code right now.
Your code above sets a variable named element to contain a reference to an element with the ID of test. I'm not sure why that's there since it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the challenge, but it does happen to serve as a handy example of what you need to do for button.
mazen akkari
19,861 PointsNearly there Alexisca hall.
let button = document.getElementById("sayPhrase");
That's all he wanted.
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsI'd bet that sometime in the last two months the hints were enough to complete the task, and far more helpful to the learning process than an explicit code spoiler.
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  ― Maimonides
