Javascript DOM How to - Set and get element id

Question

We would like to know how to set and get element id.

Answer


<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.5.2.js'></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){<!--from   w  w  w.j a  va2  s  .c  o m-->
             $("div").attr("id","myID" );
             console.log($("div").attr("id"));
        });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
      <div>A<span></span></div>
  </body>
</html>

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