JavaScript Change Text in Paragraph

To change the text in a paragraph using JavaScript, get reference to the paragraph element, and assign new text as string value to the innerHTML property of the paragraph element.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head> 
<body>
    <h2>Change text in Paragraph using JavaScript</h2>
    <p id="myPara">This is a paragraph.</p>
    <button type="button" onclick="changeText()">Click Me</button>
    <script>
    function changeText(){
        var element = document.getElementById("myPara");
        element.innerHTML = "Hello World!";
    }
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Conclusion

In this JavaScript Tutorial, we learned how to change the text in a paragraph using JavaScript.