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JavaScript

Posted by Michał Pyszyński
Michał Pyszyński
8,208 Points

Code challenge - DOM Manipulation problem

I have encountered some problem in a code challenge. I had to create a new paragraph and assign it to new variable in JS file. I have done it correctly because i can change it text content (3, 4), but when i click "Check work" - I'm getting this error: Bummer: Make sure that you assign a '<p>' element to 'newParagraph'.

Screens:

  1. https://gyazo.com/fa966078ae0df861186fb5108bf89b2b
  2. https://gyazo.com/3e2930dd6c351cfa28f2af852ca3db9f
  3. https://gyazo.com/96f65950ff281e03a98b74f53f11bec9
  4. https://gyazo.com/347c159d5a83b33d15501d6500a8128d

Gif:

  1. https://gyazo.com/9da0e4dd29d5e9d8d1a48890bb50b440

Have I done something wrong or is it a bug?

2 Answers

Ignacio Rocha
Ignacio Rocha
7,462 Points
Ignacio Rocha
Ignacio Rocha
7,462 Points

Actually you didn't do it correctly. In the first challenge task you have to CREATE a paragraph element using Javascript, all you did was create it directly in the html

the right way is using the createElement method.

var newParagraph = document.createElement('p');
Michał Pyszyński
Michał Pyszyński
8,208 Points
Michał Pyszyński
Michał Pyszyński
8,208 Points

I see. Thank you for answer! I thought i had to create paragraph in HTML file.