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JavaScript jQuery Basics Introducing jQuery Using text() and html()

Madeline Yao
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Madeline Yao
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 9,611 Points
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Madeline Yao
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 9,611 Points

I am stuck in Challenge Task 3

Hello everyone, as I tried to work the challenge task 3 for the html() and text(), I am stuck there. I tried to make a variable to pass the variable as the argument into $(".profile-header").html() but the result says it does not work. I do not know how to fix the problem and could anyone please point out my mistake? Thank you! Help would be appreciated.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 class="profile-header"></h1>
    <p class="profile-text"></p>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
$(".profile-text").text("I am a web developer");
const message = "Student<span>Profile</span>";
$(".profile-header").html(message);

1 Answer

Colton Ehrman
Colton Ehrman
255 Points
Colton Ehrman
Colton Ehrman
255 Points

It seems like the code challenge is not liking your variable declaration. Try passing the html directly to the html() method instead of via variable. Also, make sure your html is EXACTLY like the challenge shows it should be.