JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by dmethvin

HTML

<p><a href="#">initialtext</a></p>

JavaScript

var p = document.getElementsByTagName("p")[0];
var a = document.getElementsByTagName("a")[0];

// remove this line and the "initialtext" will stay, unmolested
a.innerText = "http://therighttext.com";

a.href = "http://theBADtext.com";
alert(a.getAttribute("href"));