Simple Input with Vanilla JS

by Matthew Day

HTML

<input id="inputText" type="text" />
<button onclick="getInput()">Submit</button>

<p>You entered the following:</p>
<div id="output"></div>

JavaScript

var output = document.getElementById('output');
var input;

var getInput =  function() {
	input = document.getElementById('inputText').value;
	output.innerHTML = input;
}