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<textarea id="thedomandhtml" style="height: 100px; width: 400px;"></textarea><div id="thedomandhtml_testareacontainer"><a id="thedomandhtml_testarea" href="javascript:thedomandhtml()" style="color: greenyellow; font-size: 1.5em;">
before I get the innerHTML of the test div I'm going to change it using a DOM method ... so, will elementbyid.innerHTML return the original HTML or a modified version?
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<script>
function thedomandhtml() {
var testareacontainer = document.getElementById("thedomandhtml_testareacontainer")
document.getElementById("thedomandhtml_testarea").style.color = "violet"
document.getElementById("thedomandhtml").value = testareacontainer.innerHTML}
</script>
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