Question

In this example does the browser skip over the text “This text will not be printed” since there is a script that will replace it?

<script>
function produceSongLyric(){
    var msg= 'Spent my money<br />Took my car<br/>Started telling her friends she\'s gonna be a star';
    return msg;
}

</script>

<span id="mySpanName" style="color:red">This text will not be printed</span>

<script>
    document.getElementById("mySpanName").innerHTML=produceSongLyric();
</script>

EDIT: Can’t you paste into jsfiddle?

Answer 1

No, the browser won’t skip it.

It has no way of knowing that it will be replaced until the script executes.