Writing to document?

**Stefan Raab Fan** · May 18th, 2001, 04:39 PM

How do i write to the document? I am new to the WEB?

**Wynd** · May 18th, 2001, 04:40 PM

Simple really, use document.write()

**Stefan Raab Fan** · May 18th, 2001, 04:43 PM

Could you pleas provide an example? I am new and i am just trying to make a hello world program.

**Wynd** · May 18th, 2001, 04:44 PM

I am assuming you have had no javascript experience. Look at this HTML:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>document.write example</title>
<script>
var name = prompt("What is your name?", "Bob");
document.write("Hello, " + name + "!");
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

var name = prompt("What is your name?", "Bob");
This makes a variable called 'name' and asks the user what they want it to be. The default is Bob.
document.write("Hello, " + name + "!");
What this does is prints "Hello, " to the window and adds the variable 'name' after it, then adds "!". So, if you gave James as your name, the output would be "Hello, James!".

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