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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Practice Selecting Elements

Mark Swingle
Mark Swingle
3,547 Points
Posted by Mark Swingle
Mark Swingle
3,547 Points

I can't figure out how to specify to only get those 3 out of 8 links without assigning them class names or IDs.

I've tried every combination of getElementsByClassName or getElementByID or querySelectorAll. The best I can do is get all 8 links, or I can get the one that has a class assigned to it. I can't figure out how to get those specific 3 links since apparently I'm not allowed to assign them classes or IDs.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

One way would be to use a descendant selector with querySelectorAll.

For the links in the nav element, that would be: "nav a".