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

Posted by luke hammer
luke hammer
25,513 Points

I'm looking for help ```javascript var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name"); var lastName = ```

when i type in the second bit of code my first test fails i can't understand why?

app.js 
var fullName = document.getElementById("full_name");
var lastName = doucement.getElementByTagName("span")[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>

2 Answers

luke hammer
luke hammer
25,513 Points

I figured it out i was missing the "s" in document.getElement(((s))ByTagName

Floyd Orr
Floyd Orr
11,723 Points
Floyd Orr
Floyd Orr
11,723 Points
  1. "doucement" is misspelled .
  2. span is not the 2nd span it's the first one, so it should be ("span") [0] with no space. If that works click best answer.
luke hammer
luke hammer
25,513 Points

I could have made it more clear in my question but i was attempting to access last_name which is the 2nd instance of "span" so 

var lastName = document.getElementsByTagName("span")[1];

is correct.