JQuery variable in HTML

Question

I want to display variable fullScript in the HTML below.
I tried this, but it did not work.
What am I doing wrong?

JQUERY

        $( document ).ready(function() {
            var fullDate = new Date();console.log(fullDate);
            var twoDigitMonth = fullDate.getMonth()+"";if(twoDigitMonth.length==1)  twoDigitMonth="0" +twoDigitMonth;
            var twoDigitDate = fullDate.getDate()+"";if(twoDigitDate.length==1) twoDigitDate="0" +twoDigitDate;
            var currentDate = fullDate.getFullYear() +"-"+ twoDigitMonth + "-" +  twoDigitDate;
            var currentTime = fullDate.getHours() +":"+ fullDate.getMinutes()
            console.log(currentDate);
            console.log(currentTime);


            var fullScript = "/opt/fings/interface/postEnginInstruction.py --call --viewdevicedata 130150000008 "+currentDate+" "+currentTime+" False";
            console.log(fullScript);
            $('#fullScript').html(fullScript);
        });

HTML

                <span>
                    <label for="fullScript" class="frm_label">Script to run</label>
                    <div class="frmFull"><input type="text" class="editBox readonly" id="fullScript" name="fullScript"/></div>
                </span>

PS - console.log(fullScript); is displaying 100%

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– dumbass, Commented Dec 7, 2024 at 18:49

Denys Séguret · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-29 09:52:55Z

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To change the value of an input, use val, not html :

$('#fullScript').val(fullScript);

answered Sep 29, 2014 at 9:52

Denys Séguret

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morne Over a year ago

agghhh. yeah I should have known. Thanks anyway for stating the obvious. sometimes it does help

Bhushan Kawadkar · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-29 09:54:19Z

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You should use .val() instead of .html() for setting variable to input

Change this

$('#fullScript').html(fullScript);

to

$('#fullScript').val(fullScript);

answered Sep 29, 2014 at 9:54

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