The Paragraph object represents an HTML <p> element.
We can access a <p> element via document.getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("myP");
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p id="myP">I am a paragraph. Click the button to get my id.</p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {// w w w . j ava 2s . c o m var x = document.getElementById("myP").id; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>