Unable to access HTML element using javascript

Question

Hello, I am trying to access an element using javascript, but an error occurs, and I can’t figure out why. Can somebody help?

https://code.sololearn.com/WMtUGtbe1z3j/?ref=app

Regards
Ben

Answer 1

Well I think that is not an error. Try to add:

status.innerText = "hello";

Also, an element is an object. So normally, the console.log() returns object if you use an element as parameter.

Answer 2

console.log(status.innerText);