Access the clicked element

Question

I have an element like this:

hi

function go() {
}

how do I get access to the element that g

Answer 1

You could pass this as an argument:

<p id='foo' onclick='go(this);'>hi</p>

function go(clicked) {
}

Answer 2

Like this:

<p id='foo' onclick='go(this)'>hi</p>

function go(elem) {
}