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72 PointsBummer: There was an error with your code: TypeError: 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'document.GetElementById
Bummer: There was an error with your code: TypeError: 'undefined' is not a function (evaluating 'document.GetElementById('myTextInput')')
var button = document.getElementById('sayPhrase');
var phraseText = document.GetElementById('myTextInput');
button.addEventListener('click', () => {
alert(input.value);
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Phrase Sayer</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><input type="text" id="phraseText"></p>
<p><button id="sayPhrase">Say Phrase</button></p>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 PointsTask 2 instructions: Next, select the input element with the ID phraseText and assign it to the input variable.
You have a few issues:
- you changed the variable name from
input
tophraseText
- the g in
getElementById
should be lowercase - the id to select is
phraseText
notmyTextInput
Didier Pham
7,175 Pointswhat is the goal of select the input element with the ID phraseText and assign it to the input variable. Guil talks a lot in the videos but when the exercices come i dont know what to do because they look different from what i saw..