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Python Development Techdegree Student 235 PointsCannot read property '1' of null
how to fix this i am wokring on Java script DOM
// Complete the challenge by writing JavaScript below
const colors = ["#C2272D", "#F8931F", "#FFFF01", "#009245", "#0193D9", "#0C04ED", "#612F90"];
let listItems = document.getElementsByTagName("ul");
for ( let i = 0; i < colors.length; i++ ) {
listItems[i].style.color = colors[i];
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript and the DOM</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My List</h1>
<ul>
<li>This should be red</li>
<li>This should be orange</li>
<li>This should be yellow</li>
<li>This should be green</li>
<li>This should be blue</li>
<li>This should be indigo</li>
<li>This should be violet</li>
</ul>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThe instructions ask you to set listItems to refer to an HTMLCollection that "should contain all list items in the <ul> element." But this code is setting it to refer to the ul
itself instead of the list items (li
) inside it.