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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal DOM Traversal with jQuery

Posted by Kim Dallas
Kim Dallas
11,461 Points

what am I missing?

im missing something?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h2>Student List</h2>

  <ul class="student-list">
    <li>James McAvoy</li>
    <li>Alena Holligan</li>
    <li>Wade Christensen</li>
    <li>Matt Krzyzynski</li>
  </ul>

  <script src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
  <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
$('.student-list').eq(3);

1 Answer

Dehn Hunsworth
Dehn Hunsworth
7,189 Points
Dehn Hunsworth
Dehn Hunsworth
7,189 Points

Your selection of this list might work but believe they are looking for this as the selector:

$('li')

and remember when selecting items from an array that the count starts at 0. your selecting the last of the students with your selection.

Kim Dallas
Kim Dallas
11,461 Points

thanks dehn