Call a HTML element from a separate Javascript File (Getting error: "can't find variable document")

Asked May 29 '15 at 20:24

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I'm just trying to get an element from the html file that I'm using in conjunction with my JS file, but I'm running into a ReferenceError of "Can't find variable: document".

The code I'm trying to use is:

var m = document.getElementById("metric");

The javascript file is called in the HTML file:

<script type="text/javascript" src="main.js"></script>

Why isn't "document." working??

Any help would be appreciated! For the record, I'm working in vanilla javascript, not jQuery.

asked May 29 '15 at 20:24

user4954665

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It appears this isn't possible: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12118971/is-window-document-ever-null-or-undefined My guess is you don't have a valid html document – Kevin F May 29 '15 at 20:27
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Can you show your JS and HTML? – Zee May 29 '15 at 20:34
@Teemu If it were an argument name, why would it say the variable isn't found? – Barmar May 29 '15 at 20:42
It doesn't matter what value is passed. If it's a parameter, the variable exists, it just doesn't have a value. – Barmar May 29 '15 at 20:45
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I suspect you have a typo in `document`. – Barmar May 29 '15 at 20:46

Call a HTML element from a separate Javascript File (Getting error: "can't find variable document")

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