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Asked: 2026-06-01T02:58:08+00:00

Re-Edited: I went over to W3schools and played around in there javascript editor window

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Re-Edited:
I went over to W3schools and played around in there javascript editor window to see what was going on. Here is a shorter script.

<html>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var eType = document.getElementById("Type")
</script>
<select class="field select addr" id="Type"> 
        <option value="Type:L" selected="selected">Location</option>
        <option value="Type:C">Corporate</option>
        <option value="Type:R">Remittama</option>
        <option value="Type:M">Mailing</option>
        </select>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write(eType);
</script>
</body>
</html>

I did what ThiefMaster suggested on how to get the element by not using the .text or .value but as you can see if you run this code I still get a null at this step of the process. From what I can see and many suggestions I am doing this correctly. I know I must be missing something. Can anyone see it?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re trying to get the element before you’ve actually put it on the page. Fix the order, and don’t use document.write.

    <html>
<body>

<select class="field select addr" id="Type"> 
        <option value="Type:L" selected="selected">Location</option>
        <option value="Type:C">Corporate</option>
        <option value="Type:R">Remittama</option>
        <option value="Type:M">Mailing</option>
        </select>
<script type="text/javascript">
var eType = document.getElementById("Type")
document.body.appendChild(document.createTextNode(eType));
</script>
</body>
</html>
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