javascript - How to get a value from inside of an element in HTML and set it as variable in JS -

here have element.

<span id="coins">50</span> 

and want 50 out of , set x (something that)

var x = ("#coins") 

but i'm not sure how it...

i'm going assume want x end number, this:

var x = +(document.getelementbyid("coins").innerhtml) 

which innerhtml of element, convert number using unary +.

this works:

var x = parsefloat((document.getelementbyid("coins").innerhtml));  var x = parseint((document.getelementbyid("coins").innerhtml), 10); 

there innertext .textcontent property, doesn't have wide of support.