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Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,459 Pointsset the class attribute to equal panel.
var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content'); var newParagraph = document.createElement('p'); var newParagraph.className = panel;
this is my code an d it is giving me a syntax error i do not know what i am doing wrong i need help please
var contentDiv = document.getElementById('content');
var newParagraph = document.createElement('p');
var newParagraph.className = panel;
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>DOM Manipulation</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<div id="content">
</div>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points1) You declared newParagraph with var in the second line. No need to use var again in line 3
2) The class name should be enclosed in quotes
So for line 3 you'd have:
newParagraph.className = "panel"