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JavaScript

Posted by gferrazin
gferrazin
7,157 Points

Why create $pdfCheckbox?

Hi there, I was wondering why it is necessary to first create the const and then append it to the <div> instead of doing it at the same time?

$('#links').append('<label><input type='checkbox'> Allow PDF downloads</label>');

Also, why do we use '$' before the <label> tag, even though we are not selecting it from the HTML?

const $pdfCheckbox = $('<label><input type="checkbox> Allow PDF downloads</label>');

Thanks for your help!

3 Answers

victor cooper
victor cooper
6,408 Points
victor cooper
victor cooper
6,408 Points

you wrote

$('#links').append$('<label><input type="checkbox"> Allow PDF downloads</label>');

remove the $ after the append and it will work fine, don't know if you will pass the task but you can use it this way

$('#links').append('<label><input type="checkbox"> Allow PDF downloads</label>');
gferrazin
gferrazin
7,157 Points

true, the $ was in the way! thanks for looking at it!

victor cooper
victor cooper
6,408 Points
victor cooper
victor cooper
6,408 Points

It's not necessary at all. what are you trying to achieve?

gferrazin
gferrazin
7,157 Points
gferrazin
gferrazin
7,157 Points

I'm referring to the task of adding the checkbox using jQuery. If I try this code:

$('#links').append$('<label><input type="checkbox"> Allow PDF downloads</label>');

without creating the variable first the checkbox doesn't show.