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jason limmm
7,581 Pointsanything wrong with this code?
''' const colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"]; let listItems=document.getElementsByTagName("ul");
for ( let i = 0; i < colors.length; i++ ) {
listItems[i].style.color = colors[i];
}
'''
here is my code i'm assuming it is correct but when i submit it, it returns 'cannot read property 1 null"
// Complete the challenge by writing JavaScript below
const colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];
let listItems=document.getElementsByTagName("ul");
for ( let i = 0; i < colors.length; i++ ) {
listItems[i].style.color = colors[i];
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript and the DOM</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My List</h1>
<ul>
<li>This should be red</li>
<li>This should be orange</li>
<li>This should be yellow</li>
<li>This should be green</li>
<li>This should be blue</li>
<li>This should be indigo</li>
<li>This should be violet</li>
</ul>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThe instructions say "The collection should contain all list items in the <ul> element."
But this code is selecting the list (ul) itself, instead of the list items (li) within it.
jason limmm
7,581 Pointsjason limmm
7,581 Pointssorry the error message is cannot read property '1' of null