Accessing elements from HTML in JavaScript

Asked May 06 '18 at 19:52

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I have an element in HTML with div tag and an id, I need to access the contents in a JavaScript file which is included in the HTML.

This is in HTML

    var obj = document.getElementById("x").innerHTML;
    alert(obj);

<div id="x">0.576308782559139</div>

It does not print anything.

I did check the console, and it says "cannot read property innerhtml of null" However, in console if I do document.getElementById("x").innerHTML it prints the contents of div.

edited May 06 '18 at 20:06

asked May 06 '18 at 19:52

Prabhanjan

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it is working correctly for me. Alert is showing div content. – Muhammad Usman May 06 '18 at 19:54
If it doesn't do anything it most likely throws error in browser console..Always look there first (F12) – charlietfl May 06 '18 at 19:57
where are you placing `js` file ? – Muhammad Usman May 06 '18 at 19:57
I did check the console, and it says "cannot read property innerhtml of null" However, in console if I do document.getElementById("x").innerHTML it prints the contents of div. – Prabhanjan May 06 '18 at 20:03
js file is called just before closing body tag and it is called like this – Prabhanjan May 06 '18 at 20:10

Accessing elements from HTML in JavaScript

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