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Start your free trialHanwen Zhang
20,084 PointsWhy my code is not working?
please help
var myList = document.querySelector('ul');
var firstListItem = document.querySelector('#first');
firstListItem.removeChild('li');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>DOM Manipulation</title>
</head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
<body>
<ul>
<li id="first">First Item</li>
<li id="second">Second Item</li>
<li id="third">Third Item</li>
</ul>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Peter Vann
36,427 PointsHi Hanwen!
These two lines are correct and pass (the first two tasks, obviously):
var myList = document.querySelector('ul');
var firstListItem = document.querySelector('#first');
You are correctly targeting the two elements as directed.
This is not correct though:
firstListItem.removeChild('li');
The hint is that you are using removeChild, which implies a parent-child relationship.
So this makes more sense (and passes the 3rd task):
myList.removeChild( firstListItem );
Because myList is the list itself and the child you want to remove from that list is the element assigned to the variable firstListItem.
Does that make sense?
I hope that helps.
Stay safe and happy coding!
Hanwen Zhang
20,084 PointsHanwen Zhang
20,084 PointsThank you, Peter. It makes sense!