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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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 Cal Who wrote:

> I don't know if this is the "best" way to display a numeral but I found
> the innerHTML property on the span element and that appears to work OK.

You are displaying a numeral, not parsing HTML markup; using innerHTML is 
overkill, not standardized, and therefore error-prone.  Use the `nodeValue' 
property of the `firstChild' of the span element object (you should provide 
it with a child node, say <span>&nbsp;</span>).

Your learning to quote (at least, not to top-post) is a prerequesite for my 
further considering your postings.  You have been warned.


PointedEars
-- 
> If you get a bunch of authors […] that state the same "best practices"
> in any programming language, then you can bet who is wrong or right...
Not with javascript. Nonsense propagates like wildfire in this field.
  -- Richard Cornford, comp.lang.javascript, 2011-11-14