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Asked: 2026-06-13T14:24:03+00:00

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <div> <p id=test></p> </div> <script> var newLink

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
<div>
    <p id="test"></p>
</div>
<script>
    var newLink = document.createElement('a'); // #1
    newLink.href = 'http://google.fr'; // #2
    document.getElementById('test').appendChild(newLink); // #3
</script>

</body>
</html>

This is not working, and I can’t understand why.

  1. I create a new element <a>
  2. I add the href to this element (<a href="http://google.fr">)
  3. I tell JS to go and find test and add this element to the <p> tag which has test as an ID.

Why it is not working?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try adding some content to the element as well by setting the .innerHTML property. As it is now you are just adding an empty anchor. Try something like this:

    var newLink = document.createElement('a');
newLink.href = 'http://google.fr';
newLink.innerHTML = 'My anchor';
document.getElementById('test').appendChild(newLink);
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