Mega Code Archive
Get a specified element using getElementById()
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<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getElement(){
var x=document.getElementById("myHeader")
alert("I am a " + x.tagName + " element")
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1 id="myHeader" onclick="getElement()">Click to see what element I am!</h1>
</body>
</html>
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