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Alternative way to use JavaScript to write to a < div> element?

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I want to print out a message in the page's <div> element upon page load. I have the following HTML and JavaScript code:

<body onload=printMsg()>

    <div id=write></div>

</body>



function printMsg() {

    var node = document.getElementById(write);

    node.innerHTML = <p> + Hello World! + </p>;

}

Here I used onload event in <body> element to call printMsg() upon page load.

But if I don't use onload event, is there any alternative way to write to <div id=write></div> directly within the JavaScript function printMsg()?

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answered 11 Years ago andreguym · Accepted Answer

as Whipple suggested you can do it as following :

   <body>

    <div id=write></div>

    <script>

    (function printMsg() {

        var node = document.getElementById(write);

        node.innerHTML = <p> + Hello World! + </p>;

    })();

    </script>

    </body>

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