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Asked: 2026-05-23T06:23:53+00:00

Is there any shorthand for the JavaScript document.getElementById? Or is there any way I

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Is there any shorthand for the JavaScript document.getElementById? Or is there any way I can define one? It gets repetitive retyping that over and over.

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    var $ = function( id ) { return document.getElementById( id ); };

$( 'someID' )

    Here I used $, but you can use any valid variable name.

    var byId = function( id ) { return document.getElementById( id ); };

byId( 'someID' )
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