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Start your free trialUbaid Eusufzai
Courses Plus Student 9,621 PointsNeed help solving this task. Task 1
I have no clue how to use 'for loop'. It has just been introduced without any explanation. I am really struggling with the DOM course. specially this task. don't where to begin
var listItems = document.getElementById('rainbow');
var colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];
for(var i = 0; i < colors.length; i ++) {
listItems[i].style.color = colors[i];
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Rainbow!</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="rainbow">
<li>This should be red</li>
<li>This should be orange</li>
<li>This should be yellow</li>
<li>This should be green</li>
<li>This should be blue</li>
<li>This should be indigo</li>
<li>This should be violet</li>
</ul>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
jb30
44,806 PointsYou don't need to do anything with the for loop to pass the challenge. You need to set the variable listItems
to refer to a collection, such as by using document.querySelectorAll()
and putting the correct tags in the parentheses. All that the for loop is doing here is setting a color to each of the elements in the collection.
Ubaid Eusufzai
Courses Plus Student 9,621 PointsUbaid Eusufzai
Courses Plus Student 9,621 PointsThank you jb30 for help, It worked.