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Start your free trialCatalina Villalonga
5,760 PointsCan someone please tell me why my answer is wrong?
I have to select the <body> tag and make it a variable with the getElementsBytagName.
this is my code:
const body = document.getElementsByTagName[body];
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThe square brackets are for the index, calling the method still requires parentheses with the argument (given as a string) inside:
const body = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 PointsgetElementsByTagName return a zero based collection so you need to type it like this:
document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
Catalina Villalonga
5,760 PointsI understand now, thank you !