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<html><body><textarea id="myTextarea" name="comment">Some text in a text area....</textarea><p>Click the buttons below to display and/or change the value of the name attribute of the text area.</p><button onclick="display()">Display name</button><button onclick="change()">Change name</button><script>function display() { var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").name; alert("The name of the text area is: " + x);}function change() { var x = document.getElementById("myTextarea").name = "newTxtName"; alert ("The name was changed to: " + x);}</script></body></html>