how to add text to html with javascript code example

Example 1: how to add elements in javascript html

//adding 'p' tag to body

  var tag = document.createElement("p"); // <p></p>
  var text = document.createTextNode("TEST TEXT"); 
  tag.appendChild(text); // <p>TEST TEXT</p>
  var element = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
  element.appendChild(tag); // <body> <p>TEST TEXT</p> </body>

Example 2: js add more text to element

document.getElementById("p").textContent += " This is the text from javascript.";

<p id ="p">This is the text from HTML.</p>

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