getElementById not working in javascript

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Hello,
I am doing some practice example in javascript. I want to assign value from input box into variable and then print it via alert. However it is not working. could you please help to rectify the problem in below code. thanks.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JS Bin</title>
  
</head>
 
<body>
  
  <label for="age1">Enter your age</label>
  <input type="text" name="age"> </input>
  <button type="submit" name="Enter" > Enter </button>

   </body>
 <script type="text/javascript" > 
 function verify()
     {
    
        var userage = parseInt(document.getElementById("age").value); 
        alert (userage) ;
      
   }
   
  </script>

  
</html>

Posted 21-Aug-15 1:43am

deepak_2012

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Solution 2

thanks, it worked.appreciate your help.

Posted 21-Aug-15 6:54am

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Wombaticus · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-21T02:24:00

Solution 1

ou need to add an id="age" attribute to your input markup. "name" is not teh same as "id"

Posted 21-Aug-15 2:24am

Wombaticus