The Book of JavaScript, 2nd Edition

Write Here Right Now: Displaying Results

JavaScript uses the write() function to write text to a web page. Figure 2-4 shows how to use write() to let your visitors know how many seconds there are in a day. (The new code is in bold.) Figure 2-5 shows the page this code displays.

Figure 2-4. Using write() to write to a web page

Figure 2-5. JavaScript's calculations

Line-by-Line Analysis of Figure 2-4

Line ❶ in Figure 2-4 writes the words there are to the web page (only the words between the quotes appear on the page). Don't worry about all the periods and ...