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Asked: 2026-05-28T03:56:09+00:00

The code for the second alert command works as intended (displaying the value of

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The code for the second alert command works as intended (displaying the value of the element “to”, but the first alert command does not work (it’s supposed to do the same thing). Why is this?

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getValue()
  {
  alert(document.getElementsByName("to").value);
  alert(document.forms[0].to.value);  
  }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input name="to" type="hidden" value="hoolah" />
<input type="button" onclick="getValue()" value="Get Value!" />
<form/>
</body>
</html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    getElementsByName returns an HTMLCollection. You can access the value of the first item like this:

    document.getElementsByName("to").item(0).value

    Or like this:

    document.getElementsByName("to")[0].value

    More info:

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