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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Selection Review

Fernando Jimenez
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Fernando Jimenez
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Posted by Fernando Jimenez
Fernando Jimenez
Courses Plus Student 8,455 Points

How is my answer not correct here?

How is this not correct to select the <body> tag on the document?

document.getElementsByTagName("body");

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Adam Beer
Adam Beer
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Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points

You would need to add [0] to the end, because getElementsByTagName returns an HTMLCollection, like this,

document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];

(even though there’s only one body element)