Setting a JS variable and using it in html tag
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Solution 1
Use
<script>
document.write('<div id="'+randomnumber+'" ></div>');
</script>
You can't open a script tag inside an attribute
Solution 2
Or you can create it using JS
:
var randomnumber=Math.floor(Math.random()*11);
a = document.createElement('div');
a.setAttribute('id',randomnumber);
document.body.appendChild(a);
// if you know the exact class or ID where it is to be appended you can use
document.getElementsByClassName("myclass")[0].insertBefore(a, document.getElementsByClassName("beforeClass").firstChild);
This will create a div
, with the id
as the randomnumber
and append it to the body
Author by
treasureireland
Updated on December 12, 2020Comments
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treasureireland over 3 years
I have set a variable, and I need to pull in this variable into a html element, but I cant get it to print out the value, this is the code:
<script> var randomnumber=Math.floor(Math.random()*11) </script> <div id="<script type="text/javascript">document.write(randomnumber)</script>"></div>
Thanks.
Edit: I just used a div as an example, but i need to add a random number to an img tag, as it is for a tracking tag, and needs a unique identifier. Is there a better way to go about this?