Get a specified element using getElementById()

<html>

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getElement(){

    var x=document.getElementById("myHeader")
    alert("I am a " + x.tagName + " element")
    
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<h1 id="myHeader" onclick="getElement()">Click to see what element I am!</h1>
</body>

</html>

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