When using the getElementById() in JavaScript, it's returning null. Anyone with solutions

getElementById returns null each time I call it and it is preventing my from using innerHTML or others because I can't change the value of null. Though I haven't tried it on computer browser yet.

id getelementbyid innerhtml

5th Nov 2016, 12:27 PM

Monday Stephen Osere

3 odpowiedzi

+ 1

I have that same problem, I have solved it by rewriting p tag. I thick complier does not understand that you have write p tag.

5th Nov 2016, 2:28 PM

Aditya kumar pandey

can you show us your code

5th Nov 2016, 1:23 PM

Aditya kumar pandey

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p id="demo"></p> <script> if (Math.random() < 0.5) { text = "<a href='http://w3schools.com'>Visit W3Schools</a>"; } else { text = "<a href='http://wwf.org'>Visit WWF</a>"; } document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = text; </script> </body> </html>

5th Nov 2016, 1:45 PM

Monday Stephen Osere