Difference between id and name attributes in HTML

Question

What is the difference between the id and name attributes? They both seem to serve the same purpose of providing an identifier.

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Answer 1

The id will give an element a id, so once you write real code, (like JavaScript) you can use the id to read elements. The name is just a name so the user can see the name of the element, I guess.

Example:

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//You can also use something like this:
document.getElementById("heading").value; //Reads the value of the selected element.

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