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Sarah Breidenbach
4,490 PointsWhy is my answer to the review question on selecting the body element using document.getElementsByTagName wrong?
The question is "How would you select the body element using document.getElementsByTagName, and store it in the variable body?"
And you're given const body = __________
Shouldn't the answer be const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body');
2 Answers
Kieran Barker
15,028 PointsYou’d need to add [0] to the end, because getElementsByTagName returns an HTMLCollection — even though there’s only one body element :)
Andrew Shapovalov
Courses Plus Student 1,105 PointsThanks
Andrew Shapovalov
Courses Plus Student 1,105 PointsAndrew Shapovalov
Courses Plus Student 1,105 PointsTo the end of what?
Kieran Barker
15,028 PointsKieran Barker
15,028 PointsLike this, Andrew:
const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];