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Asked: 2026-05-25T19:59:06+00:00

Okay, this may be a silly question but I’m still on my path to

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Okay, this may be a silly question but I’m still on my path to learning OO javascript like a pro, so please don’t laugh if this question is a little dumb… okay, say I have a very simple object like this

var myObject = {

    write:function(){
        return 'this is a string';

    }
}

now if add the following outside my object (please note I have the appropriate Div in my webpage):

document.getElementById('myDiv').innerHTML = myObject.write();

the innerHTML of my div is filled with the string ‘this is a string’, however if I just add the following to my script (outside the object): myObject.write()

nothing is returned? Can some one tell me why and how I could write to the page ( not using document.write(myObject.write()) ) to output the string to the page. If this can’t be done please let me know why…

sorry if this is a really simple / stupid question but I am learning.

Here’s the full thing to help…

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>

<div id='myDiv'></div>

<script type="text/javascript">

var myObject = {

    write:function(){
        return 'this is a string 2';

    }
}

//document.getElementById('myDiv').innerHTML = myObject.write();
myObject.write();

</script>

</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Calling myObject.write() returns the value. Since you’re not catching and processing the return value, nothing happens.

    Another method to write content to your document:

    <body>
<script>document.write(myObject.write())</script>
...</body> <!--document.write ONLY works as desired when the document loads.
       When you call document.write() after the document has finished initiating,
       nothing will happen, or the page unloads-->
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