using onclick html how to get data from what you clicked on code example

Example 1: javascript onclick

// The element id (TheElementID) and var name (myElement) can be named anything.
var myElement = document.getElementByID('TheElementID');
myElement.onclick = function() {
	// Carry out a function here...
}

Example 2: onclick in js

<input type="text" name="text" id="test" onmouseover="skriv('klick')">
    <input type="button" name="send" value="Skicka" id="klick" onclick="skriv('test')">
    
    
    <script src="lib/script.js"></script>


// in lib/script.js

  function skriv(name) {
    document.getElementById(name).style.backgroundColor='red';
  }