Want to connect input with variable in Java Script-CodePudding

I want to suggest a variable which contain data by user from input section and store it into my variable so how I can do this in JavaScript? I suggest a = .... but that does not work as expected

let a = document.getElementById("link");

function lol() {
  document.getElementById("print").innerHTML = `a`;
}

<input type="text" id="link" name="link">
<button id="btn" onclick="lol()">Upload Video</button>
<p id="print"></p>

CodePudding user response：

You have to pass event and it's target value not only make reference from input to paragraph.

Adrian

CodePudding user response：

function lol() {
  document.getElementById("print").innerText = a.value;
}

Use innerText instead of innerHtml to avoid html syntax passed through that input.

If you put variable name in parentheses it will treat it as text and not variable.

And a is input field with many options, to access value you use a.value