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To write messages to the screen without using "document.write()" ?

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76. To write messages to the screen without using "document.write()" ?

Changing the contents of an element is a much better solution. When the method showStatus is invoked it will change the content of the span.
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function showStatus(message) {
var element = document.getElementById("mystatus");
element.textContent = message; //for Firefox
element.innerHTML = message; //for IE (why can't we all just get along?)
return true;
}
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<span id="mystatus">Test. </span>
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