The Samp object represents an HTML <samp> element.
We can access a <samp> element via document.getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("mySamp");
Click the button to set the color of the formatted text to red.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <samp id="mySamp">this is a test</samp> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <script> function myFunction() {//from w ww . ja v a 2 s . c o m var x = document.getElementById("mySamp"); x.style.color = "red"; } </script> </body> </html>