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JavaScript Treehouse Club: JavaScript Car Sounds Changing Keywords

Posted by Kwazi Nolela
Kwazi Nolela
7,708 Points

What is wrong with my code keep getting wrong answer?

What is wrong with my code keep getting wrong answer?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

  <head>
  <meta name="charset" value="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, minimum-scale=0.5, maximum-scale=0.5, minimal-ui">
    <title>Car Sounds</title>

    <!--Style Sheet link-->
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css">
  </head>

  <body>

    <!--Car image -->
    <img src="images/bike.png" class="car" alt="car">


    <!--Button-->
    <a href="javascript:startCar();"><img src="images/bikeLock.png" alt="key"></a>


    <!--Audio Files-->
    <audio id="bikeBell" src="sounds/bikeBell.mp3" preload="auto"></audio>


     <!--Javascript-->
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function bikeBell()  {
         document.getElementById("bikeBell");.play();
        }


    </script>

  </body>

</html>

2 Answers

Katie Wood
Katie Wood
19,141 Points
Katie Wood
Katie Wood
19,141 Points

Hi there,

It looks like you've done up to the third step or so - I believe the only issue you have is an extra semicolon in your JavaScript:

function bikeBell()  {
         document.getElementById("bikeBell");.play();
                                          //^ right here
        }

If you remove that, it should pass!

Kwazi Nolela
Kwazi Nolela
7,708 Points

Thank you so much Katie

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! You're doing great, but there are two things going on here. Your function contains an extra semicolon which is causing a syntax error. And the button is still linked to startCar instead of bikeBell.

You need to tell the button to run the bikeBell function here:

 <!--Button-->
    <a href="javascript:bikeBell();"><img src="images/bikeLock.png" alt="key"></a>

Inside your bikeBell function you typed:

document.getElementById("bikeBell");.play();  //You have a ; between ("bikeBell") and .play()

But you meant to type:

document.getElementById("bikeBell").play();  //Remove the semicolon between ("bikeBell") and .play()

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Kwazi Nolela
Kwazi Nolela
7,708 Points

You are star Jennifer