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HTML

<form method="post" action="" id="inquiryForm">
        <label for="whatever">Enter something here</label>
          <input type="text" name="whatever" id="whatever">
      
        <button name="data" type="button">Submit</button>
      </form>
      
      <p><span id="final"></span></p>

JavaScript

$('button').click(function(){
    
        var thing = $('#whatever').val();
     
        
        $('#final').html(thing);
        
    });