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Courses Plus Student 5,242 Pointsthe const "myParagraph" is not defined on my console
const myParagraph = document.getElementsByTagName('p')
<undefined
myParagraph.length
<VM741:2 Uncaught ReferenceError: myParagraph is not defined
myParagraph[0]
<VM742:2 Uncaught ReferenceError: myParagraph is not defined
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThe first response is normal, the "undefined" you see there is indicating the fact that a "const" directive does not return a value.
As to the others, I tried this myself using Chrome, and got the same results. But if I use "var" instead of "const", it works. My guess is that the console commands are executed within a code block that causes anything declared with "const" or "let" to be immediately disposed. This might qualify as a bug in the console, but you may want to do a bit of research before reporting it.
Justin Farrar
7,780 PointsThis was helpful
Christopher Brown
4,843 PointsThis was helpful, thanks.