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Asked: 2026-05-24T05:00:35+00:00

I am having a problem trying to write a String Variable’s value to a

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I am having a problem trying to write a String Variable’s value to a specific element in the DOM to the specific div.

let’s say game=TEN

document.getElementById("game").innerHTML=game;

doesn’t write to:

<div id="game"></div>

Problem is with the code below I have a script and at the end of that script I can document.write(game) and it works fine, but I can’t write it to the div? Maybe I am trying to do this wrong.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<!--<form id="teamSelect"onsubmit="return function games();"><select>
    <option value="TEN">Tennessee</option>
    <option value="GB">Green Bay</option>
    </select>
    <input type="submit" name="Submit" />
    </form>
-->

<script>
var jsonString = '{"ss":[["Thu","7:30","Pregame",,"JAC",,"NE",,,,"55425",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Thu","7:30","Pregame",,"BAL",,"PHI",,,,"55424",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Thu","8:00","Pregame",,"SEA",,"SD",,,,"55423",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Thu","8:30","Pregame",,"DEN",,"DAL",,,,"55426",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Thu","10:00","Pregame",,"ARI",,"OAK",,,,"55427",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Fri","7:30","Pregame",,"MIA",,"ATL",,,,"55430",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Fri","7:30","Pregame",,"CIN",,"DET",,,,"55429",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Fri","7:30","Pregame",,"PIT",,"WAS",,,,"55431",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Fri","8:00","Pregame",,"TB",,"KC",,,,"55428",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Fri","8:00","Pregame",,"SF",,"NO",,,,"55432",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Sat","7:30","Pregame",,"GB",,"CLE",,,,"55433",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Sat","8:00","Pregame",,"NYG",,"CAR",,,,"55437",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Sat","8:00","Pregame",,"BUF",,"CHI",,,,"55434",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Sat","8:00","Pregame",,"IND",,"STL",,,,"55435",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Sat","8:00","Pregame",,"MIN",,"TEN",,,,"55436",,"PRE1","2011"],' +
    '["Mon","8:00","Pregame",,"NYJ",,"HOU",,,,"55438",,"PRE1","2011"]]}';

//var jsonString = '{"test": "test1"}';    

for (i=0; i<15;i++) {
    if ("TEN" == eval('(' + jsonString + ')').ss[i][6] || "TEN" == eval('(' + jsonString + ')').ss[i][4]) {
    var game=(eval('('+jsonString+')').ss[i][6] + ' vs ' + eval('('+jsonString+')').ss[i][4]);
    var day=(eval('('+jsonString+')').ss[i][0] + ' at ' + eval('('+jsonString+')').ss[i][1]);
    }
}
document.write(game);
document.getElementById("game").innerHTML=game;
</script>

<div id="game" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; line-height:16px">hello</divЮ
</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    At the time you execute the script and you’re looking for the element, it does not exist yet because it comes later on.

    To be precise, it has not been parsed and added to the DOM yet.

    So move your scripts to the bottom of the HTML file (at least below the element).

    If you are using some kind of library, it can be solved easily too: for jQuery for example, place everything inside a $(function() { ... } block. That way, it isn’t until the DOM has fully loaded that it gets executed (at which time you can safely search for the element).

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