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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Selection Review

dharshi thiru
dharshi thiru
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Posted by dharshi thiru
dharshi thiru
3,203 Points

Why is this answer wrong?

document.getElementsByTagName('body')

1 Answer

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

:point_right: By itself, getElementsByTagName returns an element collection.

But the question is asking you to assign a single element to the variable body.

You can extract a single element from a collection by indexing it, and since in this case there will be only one element in the collection, we know the correct index must be 0:

const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]