I'm doing an assignment for a class, where it says I need to modify jquery.altrow.js to create a plugin that uses the getElementsByTagName method to get all of an element’s “tr” child elements. They provide the following HTML and JavaScript:
I am getting an error in Chrome's F12 tools console:
Uncaught TypeError: this.getElementsByTagName is not a function
I tried using the jQuery find method instead which works fine, but the question here is to use getElementsByTagName instead.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Alternating Row Plugin</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="altrow.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.4.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.altrow.js"></script>
<script src="altrow.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<main>
<h1>Important People in Computer Science</h1>
<table id="important">
<tr>
<th>First Name</th><th>Last Name</th><th>Date of Birth</th><th>Accomplishment</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Charles</td><td>Babbage</td><td>12/26/1791</td>
<td>Originated the concept of a programmable computer, invented the first mechanical computer.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ada</td><td>Lovelace</td><td>12/10/1815</td>
<td>First computer programmer. Wrote an algorithm for Babbage's mechanical computer.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alan</td><td>Turing</td><td>6/23/1912</td>
<td>Invented the Turing Machine, a hypothetical device that's a model of a general purpose computer.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Grace</td><td>Hopper</td><td>12/9/1906</td>
<td>Invented the first compiler for a computer programming language, popularized the term "debugging" for fixing computer glitches.</td>
</tr>
</table>
</main>
</body>
</html>
"use strict";
window.onload = function() {
$( document ).ready(function() {
$("#important").highlightRows();
});
};
"use strict";
(function($){
$.fn.highlightRows = function() {
var testItems = this.getElementsByTagName("tr");
};
})(jQuery);
I am getting an error in Chrome's F12 tools console:
Uncaught TypeError: this.getElementsByTagName is not a function
I tried using the jQuery find method instead which works fine, but the question here is to use getElementsByTagName instead.
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