Return the value of a list item:
var x = document.getElementById("myLi").value;
Click the "Test" button to display the value attribute of the li element.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <ol> <li id="myLi" value="100">CSS</li> <li>HTML</li> <li>Java</li> <li>Javascript</li> <li>SQL</li> <li>C++</li> </ol>/*from ww w. j av a2 s . c om*/ <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("myLi").value; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>