Why is this .innerHTML not working?

Question

When I run this code, it doesn't set the innerHTML of console. The last two alert()s aren't working either. The console id exists, as in a later portion of the docuument, its innerHTML is set into another variable successfully. What errors do I have? The parameters in the url both exist as well because the first two alert()s work.

var console = getParameterByName('consoletext');
alert(console);
var submission = getParameterByName('input');
alert(submission);
document.getElementById("console").innerHTML = console + submission;
var text = document.getElementById("console").innerHTML;
alert(text);
alert("text");
//parseInput(submission);
function getParameterByName(name, url) {
    if (!url) url = window.location.href;
    name = name.replace(/[\[\]]/g, "\\$&");
    var regex = new RegExp("[?&]" + name + "(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)"),
        results = regex.exec(url);
    if (!results) return null;
    if (!results[2]) return '';
    return decodeURIComponent(results[2].replace(/\+/g, " "));
}

function parseInput(input) {
}

Answer 1

I wouldn't use console, as per other answer. But it should still work, there is nothing wrong with your code and it works in my browser.

Do you get any errors, like your #console element not yet being loaded?

Other than that, it might be a mistake in code or markup you did not post.