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Hello, I have a button.<br />
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&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&gt;<br />
function ShowText(objectsID)<br />
{<br />
&nbsp; alert(objectsID + ' is your selected object');<br />
}<br />
&lt;/script&gt;<br />
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&lt;table id=&quot;a1&quot;&gt;<br />
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;A1&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;<br />
&lt;/table&gt;<br />
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&lt;input id=&quot;myNewButton&quot; type=&quot;button&quot; value=&quot;Click Me&quot; onclick=ShowText(this);&gt;<br />
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I am trying to get the function to convert the name of the object myNewButton to a text string to be able to concanate to.
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Hello, I have a button.

<script type="text/javascript">
function ShowText(objectsID)
{
  alert(objectsID + ' is your selected object');
}
</script>


<table id="a1">
<tr><td>A1</td></tr>
</table>

<input id="myNewButton" type="button" value="Click Me" onclick=ShowText(this);>

I am trying to get the function to convert the name of the object myNewButton to a text string to be able to concanate to.

Document objects ID to a string value.

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.