Why am i getting this error message am getting: (property of null)

Question

I tried practising Dom in js with a video I watched.

Html

input id="hi" type="submit"

Javascript

var hi = document.getElementById('hi');

hi.text content ='hello';

But the text content didn't change. It instead gave an error: property of null. What is my mistake and what does that mean

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14028959/why-does-jquery-or-a-dom-method-such-as-getelementbyid-not-find-the-element — epascarello, Apr 15 '20 at 02:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 15 '20 at 01:55

1

You cannot have a space in any variable/method names. JavaScript will think you're defining two separate things.

Instead of: hi.text content = 'hello';

Try: hi.textContent = 'hello';

edited Apr 15 '20 at 01:55

Josh Hunt

answered Apr 15 '20 at 01:48

petegoast

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