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

Anthony Scott
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Anthony Scott
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Posted by Anthony Scott
Anthony Scott
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Keep getting an error on this

it looks l correct to me...

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-and-the-dom-2/getting-a-handle-on-the-dom/selection-review

How would you select the body element using document.getElementsByTagName, and store it in the variable body?

(Hint: Don't forget that this method returns a collection, not a single element.)

const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body');

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Minas Giannopoulos
Minas Giannopoulos
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Minas Giannopoulos
Minas Giannopoulos
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Since we only want the first body tag don't forget to use the [0] after the closing parenthesis.

const body = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0]

Note: For some reason if you put a ";" it marks it as incorrect.