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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Build a Quiz Challenge, Part 2

Ariel Vainer
Ariel Vainer
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Posted by Ariel Vainer
Ariel Vainer
7,042 Points

innerHTML?

Hi. Can someone please explain me what's the purpose of using .innerHTML? What does it mean?

2 Answers

Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points

It will return the content that is inside of the selected HTML element.

<h1 id="title">Hello</h1>

<script>
    var title = document.getElementById("title");
    console.log(title.innerHTML); // output => "Hello"
</script>
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points
Samuel Webb
Samuel Webb
25,370 Points

Also, you can do something like:

title.innerHTML = "Hello World";

To replace what's already inside of the selected element.