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Tony Shangkuan
7,200 PointsIs is possible to concatenating another String to InnerHTML?
Here is the code I wrote:
var message = document.querySelector("body");
message.innerHTML=<h1>1st string content</h1>;
message += "2nd string content";
console.log(message);
Intuitively, I thought this would work, but I ended up getting this [object HTMLBodyElement] Is there something wrong with my code?
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,275 PointsInstead of appending to message.innerHTML, this code is attempting to add the string directly to message (the body element itself).
Since the message variable doesn't currently contain a string, the system first reassigns it using a string that describes the body element and then concatenates the new string onto that.
Tony Shangkuan
7,200 PointsTony Shangkuan
7,200 PointsOk, so you mean we can not concatenates strings this way even though message.innerHTML may seem to be string but in fact it is not?
Steven Parker
231,275 PointsSteven Parker
231,275 PointsThis code was not appending to message.innerHTML, which is a string. What this code was appending to is message itself, which was originally assigned to the element object.
Tony Shangkuan
7,200 PointsTony Shangkuan
7,200 PointsThanks so much for the clarification ! Now I get it!