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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Javascript Replacing Existing Elements in DOM</title> </head> <body> <div id="main"> <h1 id="title">My Heading</h1> <p id="hint"><span>This is some text.</span></p> </div> <script> var hint = document.getElementById("hint"); alert(hint.parentNode.nodeName); // Outputs: DIV hint.parentNode.style.backgroundColor = "yellow"; </script> </body> </html>