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

Harshay Raipancholi
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Harshay Raipancholi
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Harshay Raipancholi
Python Development Techdegree Student 11,521 Points

please help with this javascript quiz question

Hello treehouse community,

Can you please help me with this quiz question below :

Quiz Question 1 of 5 Please fill in the correct answer in each blank provided below.

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 =

My answer is document.getElementsByTagName("body"); but this doesn't work? can someone help?

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
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As the question states getElementsByTagName retrieves a collection but you have to specify an individual element. Since there is only one body element, that element is item 0 in the collection.

document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0]