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javascript: changing text in a div ?

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dziem

dziem

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Feb 15, 2001
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Yo

Does anybody know how to change the text (using javascript) in a div tag ? ie <DIV style=&quot;HEIGHT: 20px...etc etc>howto change this text</DIV>

Any suggestions will be appreciated ???
 
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div_id.innerHTML = &quot;this text will now be in the div&quot;; adam@aauser.com
 
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or if you are just supporting IE, and not placing HTML inside, you should use:

div_id.innerText

as it multiple times faster jared@aauser.com -
 
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