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Michelle Gonzalez
4,205 PointsWhy is the <p> tag used in JavaScript?
I know it is used often in HTML coding to define a paragraph but i am not sure as to why it is necessary in JavaScript or the reasoning behind it?
5 Answers
Sharina Jones
Courses Plus Student 18,771 PointsHi Michelle,
JavaScript allows you to write HTML to the page. When you use the <p> tag in your JavaScript code, you're tell the interpreter that you want to add a paragraph to the page.
For example :
<body>
<script>
document.write("<p>Without this code, your body tag would be empty. This paragraph is created when the browser gets to the script tag</p>");
</script>
</body>
If you removed the script tag from the above code, you would just have an empty body element. The <p>aragraph isn't a part of the body element. It is being added to the body element by the JavaScript code.
Does that make sense?
Jonathan Rosero
1,903 PointsBelieve it or not some of this stuff works in OfficeTrax when adding notes!!
Michelle Gonzalez
4,205 PointsHaha! Oh I know! I've used the <br> tag in OT. There's other tags we can use too though??
Devin Kelly
7,343 PointsI was wondering the same thing. I realized when using document.write using <p> was necessary but when using the alert function you just need to use quotes.
Zachary Logan
3,001 PointsUsually the <p> tag in javascript is used when adding code to your HTML via JavaScript. This would be smart in a scenario when you wan something happening in the Javascript to affect the HTML and change what the page says! Hope this helps!
Gerhard von Kiwa
8,115 PointsI think it's in this case a "Style" thing... when you dont use the <p> Tag it goes with the design of the h1 tag.