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

Robert Booth
Robert Booth
2,290 Points
Posted by Robert Booth
Robert Booth
2,290 Points

What am I doing wrong that its not evaluating the function?

I thought to access the h1 tag we have to get the element by its id ("first_name")...any suggestions?

app.js 
var fullName = document.getElementbyId("full_name");
var lastName;
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

Abe Layee
Abe Layee
8,378 Points
Abe Layee
Abe Layee
8,378 Points

You made a typo error should be document.getElementById() not document.getElementbyId(). 

var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");