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For some reason I get an document.getElementById('id') is null JS error on line 7 with the following markup and script:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Quadratic Root Finder</title>
<script>
document.getElementById('calculate').onclick = function calculateQuad()
{
var inputa = document.getElementById('variablea').value;
var inputb = document.getElementById('variableb').value;
var inputc = document.getElementById('variablec').value;
root = Math.pow(inputb,2) - 4 * inputa * inputc;
root1 = (-inputb + Math.sqrt(root))/2*inputa
root2 = (-inputb + Math.sqrt(root))/2*inputa
document.getElementById('root1').value = root1;
document.getElementById('root2').value = root2;
if(root<'0')
{
alert('This equation has no real solution.')
}
else {
if(root=='0')
{
document.getElementById('root1').value = root1
document.getElementById('root2').value = 'No Second Answer'
}
else {
document.getElementById('root1').value = root1
document.getElementById('root2').value = root1
}
}
};
document.getElementById('erase').onlick = this.form.reset();
</script>
<style>
#container
{
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<h1>Quadratic Root Finder!</h1>
<form id="form1">
a:<input id="variablea" value="" type="text">
<br/>
b:<input id="variableb" value="" type="text">
<br />
c:<input id="variablec" value="" type="text">
<br />
<input id="calculate" value="Calculate!" type="button">
<input id="erase" value="Clear" type="button">
<br />
<br />
Roots:
<br />
<input id="root1" type="text" readonly>
<br />
<input id="root2" type="text" readonly>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
What's the real problem here?
960
It is indeed null. Your element doesn't exist on the page yet.
Either:
<script> block below your codewindow.onload event.
155
Alternatively: window.onload = function(){} works as well
43
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