Element has no method hasAttribute, Why?
javascript
Solution
The `document` object:
- Is a node
- Is the `parentNode` of the root element (if you were using HTML that would be the `<html>` element)
- Is not an element.
Only elements have attributes, so only element objects have a `hasAttribute` method.
You need to stop testing when you reach the document object (or when you aren't testing an element any longer).
while (
el.nodeType === 1 &&
(!el.hasAttribute('animated'))
) {
Problem
I'm trying to iterate "up" through the DOM nodes from a given element to get the first parent element which has the attribute 'animated'. ``` var el = evt.target; console.log(el); while (!el.hasAttribute('animated')) { el = el.parentNode; } return el; console.log(el); ``` Throws error: `>>>Uncaught TypeError: Object #<HTMLDocument> has no method 'hasAttribute'` How is this possible? I've clearly declared the variable `el` and the first log is correct .