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

Posted by Abbas fadel
Abbas fadel
Courses Plus Student 601 Points

You've just learned how to use the jQuery methods text() and html(). Use the appropriate jQuery method to select the h1

You've just learned how to use the jQuery methods text() and html(). Use the appropriate jQuery method to select the h1 element by its class name and set its contents to "Student <span>Profile</span>".

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 
const content='Student <span>Profile</span>';
$(".profile-header").html('content');

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

Remember the challenge warning: "Important: In each task of this code challenge, the code you write should be added to the code from the previous task." So be sure to leave the code you did for task 2 there and add the task 3 code after it.

Then, anything in quotes is interpreted by the system as a string literal and not a variable, so you should never put quotes around a variable name. But you don't need to create a variable here anyway, just use the contents (which are a string literal) as the argument to the "html" method.