How to use document to rewrite a paragraph

Question

document.getElementById("txtOutput").value = result;

instead of using .value=result, can I write something else to say, rewrite to a specific div or paragraph?

There are a bajillion duplicates of this, as well as an almost uncountable number of resources elsewhere on the internet. Do some basic research next time, for everyone's sake :) Voting to close as dup. — Chris Baker, Mar 06 '13 at 19:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 19:47

If you want to write something (including html-formatations) you can use innerHTML orherwise if you need only the text use innerText:

innerHTML

document.getElementById("txtOutput").innerHTML = result

innerText

document.getElementById("txtOutput").innerText = result;

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 20:00

1

Yes you can. Look at this simple JsFiddle for an example.

HTML:

<div id="me">
    <span>old stuff</span>
</div>

Script

document.getElementById('me').innerHTML = "new stuff";

answered Mar 06 '13 at 20:00

Kyle Weller

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 06 '13 at 19:44

0

you can use innerHTML:

 document.getElementById("txtOutput").innerHTML = 'some content';

answered Mar 06 '13 at 19:44

Atep

1

`innerHTML` is a property not a function. You should be using `=` instead. – Matt Mar 06 '13 at 19:44
I updated the code, thanks – Atep Mar 06 '13 at 19:45
Just like that ! ... and we'll keep wondering how our posts don't end up being useful. 8-| – happybuddha Mar 06 '13 at 19:48

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