[Javascript] how to refer to (x)html elements

[Cutter (JavaScript List)]

x = document.getElementById('example');
valX = x.value;

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Tim Burgan wrote:

>hello,
>
>as i've been trying to learn javascript - i'm a little stuck.. again
>
>I don't know how to explain this, but instead of:
>
>  document.formName.inputName.value
>  (eg. <form name="example"> <input name="example">)
>
>i want to use:
>
>  document.formId.inputId.value
>  (eg. <form id="example"> <input id="example" />)
>
>the reason being, that to use the first example I must use
>non-standards-compliant xhtml code in my documents.
>
>So is there a way that JavaScript can use xhtml tag's ID elements rather
>than the depreciated NAME element?
>
>Thanks
>Tim Burgan
>
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