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JavaScript jQuery Basics Understanding jQuery Events and DOM Traversal Adding New Elements to the DOM

Timothy Harrington Bourne
Timothy Harrington Bourne
6,372 Points
Posted by Timothy Harrington Bourne
Timothy Harrington Bourne
6,372 Points

Challenge wont let me pass

It wont let me pass... Moderators please help?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>Student List</h2>

    <ul class="student-list">
        <li>James McAvoy</li>
        <li>Alena Holligan</li>
        <li>Wade Christensen</li>
        <li>Matt Krzyzynski</li>
    </ul>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
const $newStudent = $('<li>Sam Smith </li>')
$('.student-list').append($newStudent);

1 Answer

Helen Cheung
Helen Cheung
10,398 Points

There's an extra space between Smith and </li>!

Timothy Harrington Bourne
Timothy Harrington Bourne
6,372 Points
Timothy Harrington Bourne
Timothy Harrington Bourne
6,372 Points

oh my goodness -_____- if I was to code this in my text editor, would it still create a list? Is it just the challenge being extremely nitpicky?

Helen Cheung
Helen Cheung
10,398 Points

Yes, it would still create the list element