Finding DOM Objects by ID
var containerObj = document.getElementById("myDiv");
The simplest method to find an HTML element is to use the value of the id attribute with the document.getElementById(id) function. The document.getElementById(id) function searches the DOM for an object with a matching id attribute. If that object is found, the function returns the DOM object.
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