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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Storing and Tracking Information with Variables Create a variable with a string

Use the document.write() function to print the contents of the player variable to the page.

Use the document.write() function to print the contents of the player variable to the page.

app.js
var player = 'Jasmine';
index.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Hi Devon,

To write player to the document you can use the following code:

document.write(player);

Keep going on your courses and you will find better ways to target specific elements on your page to manipulate the document object model (DOM) correctly.