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Start your free trialNas Jones
7,849 PointsI don't see what im doing wrong? the error was cannot read property 1 of null
The error was cannot read property 1 of null
var section = document.querySelector('section');
var paragraphs = section.children;
for (let i = 0; i < paragraphs.length; i+= 1) {
paragraphs.style.color = 'blue';
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Child Traversal</title>
</head>
<body>
<section>
<p>This is the first paragraph</p>
<p>This is a slightly longer, second paragraph</p>
<p>Shorter, last paragraph</p>
</section>
<footer>
<p>© 2019</p>
</footer>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Gergely Bocz
14,244 PointsHi Nas Jones!
You are just missing the index for the paragraphs items.
Your code should look like this:
var section = document.querySelector('section');
var paragraphs = section.children;
for (let i = 0; i < paragraphs.length; i+= 1) {
paragraphs[i].style.color = 'blue';
}
Nas Jones
7,849 PointsNas Jones
7,849 PointsThat fixed it thank you for the help!