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Mar 20.2007

Hi Guys,

I am having trouble with the following code:

[B]Line 1:[/B] var newP = document.createElement(“font”);
[B]Line 2:[/B] newP.id = “myNewP”;
[B]Line 3:[/B] window.alert(document.getElementById(“myNewP”).id);

I am having trouble with [B]Line 3[/B] in the code. It does not display the alert window which indicates there is something wrong with the code: [B]document.getElementById(“myNewP”).id[/B] because if I use [B]newP.id[/B] instead, it works.

Therefore my question is this: Is [B]newP[/B] equivalent to [B]document.getElementById(“myNewP”)[/B] ?

Please help me!

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@felgallMar 20.2007 — You have to add the tag into the web page before trying to retrieve it. So far all you have done is create a deprecated tag and give it an id.

Try this:

var newP = document.createElement("p");

newP.id = "myNewP";

var theBody = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];

theBody.appendChild(newP);

window.alert(document.getElementById("myNewP").id);
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@KorMar 20.2007 — or if you need an inline element, create the SPAN element
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