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Asked: 2026-06-04T06:19:32+00:00

so I just started to learn JavaScript. When I click on Click Me!, my

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so I just started to learn JavaScript. When I click on “Click Me!”, my alert box does not pop up!

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en">
<head>

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
    <title>JAVASCRIPT</title>

</head>
<body>

    <a href="#" id="anchor">Click Me!</a>

    <script type="text/javascript">

        var anchor = getElementById('anchor');
        // or anchor = getElementsByTagName('a') then do ('a')[0]

        anchor.addEventListener('click', doSomething, false);

        function doSomething() {
            alert('clicked');
        }

    </script>

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

    You forgot document. on the line with getElementById:

     var anchor = document.getElementById('anchor');
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