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JavaScript jQuery Basics Working with jQuery Collections The .each() method

Alasdair Marchant
Alasdair Marchant
4,592 Points
Posted by Alasdair Marchant
Alasdair Marchant
4,592 Points

My code works in preview but it says it's wrong?

this is my code

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <h2>My Favorite Things</h2>

    <ul class="favorite-things">
        <li>Kittens</li>
        <li>Rainbows</li>
        <li>Unicorns</li>
        <li>Sprinkles</li>
    </ul>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
$('.favorite-things li').each(function() {
    $(this).prepend("<input type="checkbox"/>");
});

1 Answer

Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points
Cheo R
Cheo R
37,150 Points

You just need to change your quotation marks:

$(this).prepend("<input type="checkbox"/>");

Change either the inner/outer quotation marks to single quotes.