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kevinkrato
5,452 PointsWhat else could the answer be?
here is the question
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: const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body');
3 Answers
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Pointsyour prblem is simple they asked "element" and not "elements" :) hope it helps
getElementsByTagName - returns Array not single item :) it doesnt metter if there is just 1 Body TAG but you can have multiple BODY tags its only on you :)
example :
const tagZero= document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
dragos busuioc
24,908 Pointsyes.my bad
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Pointsalso use Add Comment :), because writing always new Answere is not good :)
dragos busuioc
24,908 Pointsconst body = document.body;
Patrik Horváth
11,110 Pointsread question : using document.getElementsByTagName
and document.body / head ... it is not supported in a lot of cases but this is Faster way, getElementsByTagName is abou 80% slower