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HTML
<p id="message">Click a square</p>
<ul class="gameBoard">
<ul class="rowOne">
<input type="button" id= "buttonOne" class= "gameBoardSquare" value=""><!--
--><input type="button" id="buttonTwo" class= "gameBoardSquare" value=""><!--
--><input type="button" id="buttonThree" class= "gameBoardSquare" value="">
</ul>
<ul class="rowTwo">
<input type="button" id="buttonFour" class= "gameBoardSquare" value=""><!--
--><input type="button" id="buttonFive" class= "gameBoardSquare" value=""><!--
--><input type="button" id="buttonSix" class= "gameBoardSquare" value="">
</ul>
<ul class="rowThree">
<input type="button" id="buttonSeven" class= "gameBoardSquare" value=""><!--
--><input type="button" id="buttonEight" class= "gameBoardSquare" value=""><!--
--><input type="button" id="buttonNine" class= "gameBoardSquare "value="">
</ul>
</ul>
<div>
<input type="button" id="buttonReset" value="RESET">
</div>
JavaScript
document.getElementById("buttonTwo").value = "test";