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JavaScript jQuery Basics Introducing jQuery Getting Values from Form Fields

Posted by Adam Stephenson
Adam Stephenson
2,013 Points

Why is my argument not passing through?

It looks to me like my argument is passing through just fine.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2 class="profile-name">Treasure Porth</h2>
    <p class="profile-text">I am a web developer!</p>

    <label>Change name:<input id="name-input" type="text"></label>
    <button>Change</button>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
$('button').click(function() {
  // Write code here
  const newName = $("#name-input").val();

  $(".profile.name").text(newName);
});

1 Answer

Samuel Zhen
Samuel Zhen
33,571 Points

Typo in this line

$(".profile.name").text(newName);

You should use dash

$(".profile-name").text(newName);