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Start your free trialWojciech Pazatka Lipinski
2,928 Pointshello, got stuck at this one, I do not know if I have understand the task properly, why this is not working?
Did I use getElementById method properly? why is an error occuring? I thought this will be easy one. I have copied solution from previous two videos.
thanks
var button = document.getElementById('sayPhrase');
var input;
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>
1 Answer
Rick Gleitz
47,876 PointsHi Wojciech,
I copied exactly what you had into the challenge and it passed just fine. Something must have happened on the server side. Try it again if you haven't already.
Hope this helps.
Wojciech Pazatka Lipinski
2,928 PointsWojciech Pazatka Lipinski
2,928 Pointsthank you, yes sometimes there might be an issue with the server :) confusing, since I am beginner I never know if I am doing something wrong or is it just temporary malfunction. Thank you for your attention anyway.
happy coding, W