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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript Selecting Elements

Posted by MUZ140721 Kudakwashe Taderera
MUZ140721 Kudakwashe Taderera
5,970 Points

What am I doing wrong here?

I am being given an error report. What am I doing wrong on line 2 (var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName("last_name")[1];

app.js 
var fullName = document.getElementById('full_name');
var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName("last-name")[1];
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head></head>
<body>
<h1 id="full_name"><span class="first_name">Andrew</span> <span class="last_name">Chalkley</span></h1>

<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Martijn Schuijers
Martijn Schuijers
9,961 Points
Martijn Schuijers
Martijn Schuijers
9,961 Points

You are passing the class name of the element to the getElementsByTagName function instead of the tag name, which in this case is 'span'.

Using the tag name the code becomes:

var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName('span')[1];
MUZ140721 Kudakwashe Taderera
MUZ140721 Kudakwashe Taderera
5,970 Points

I have used var lastName = document.getElemetsByTageName 'span' and it's sayong task 1 no longer parsing. I 've restarted the stage three times now and it's saying the same isssue

MUZ140721 Kudakwashe Taderera
MUZ140721 Kudakwashe Taderera
5,970 Points

It worked finally, thanks

Martijn Schuijers
Martijn Schuijers
9,961 Points
Martijn Schuijers
Martijn Schuijers
9,961 Points

Alright, I didn't provide the full code sample, just an update for the second line. You shouldn't remove line 1:

var fullName = document.getElementById('full_name');
var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName('span')[1];

This should work.