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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Making Changes to the DOM DOM Manipulation

Posted by R Ighodaro
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R Ighodaro
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,306 Points

I feel like I'm solving the problem in a way the test doesn't want me to (apparently that matters).

I have created a paragraph element, and assigned it to the variable as specified, however it tells me that I haven't done that. Was I supposed to do it differently or did I use the wrong syntax?

app.js 
var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content');
var newParagraph = document.getElementsByTagName('p')[0];
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>DOM Manipulation</title>
    </head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <body>
        <div id="content">
          <p>This is a paragraph</p> 
        </div>
        <script src="app.js"></script>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there, R Ighodaro ! It looks like you're doing terrific and seems like you definitely know how to select a paragraph that currently exists inside the HTML. But the challenge is asking you to make a new paragraph without altering the existing HTML.

Try document.createElement() :smiley:

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

R Ighodaro
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R Ighodaro
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,306 Points

thanks, this really helped