how to get the value of an control

 If a html page contains what likes:

< table >
         < tr >
             < td >
                Enter Key Here ->
                 < input  type ="text"  id ="key"  name ="key"
                       onkeyup ="convertToDecimal( );" >

             </ td >
         </ tr >
     </ table >
     < br  />
     < table >
         < tr >
             < td  colspan ="5"  style ="border-bottom:solid black 1px;" >
                Key Pressed:
                 < input  type ="text"  readonly id ="keypressed" >
             </ td >
         </ tr >
      </tabl

We can get keys using getElementById( keyId ),

var key = document.getElementById("key");

var keypressed = document.getElementById("keypressed");

And we can put the value of key into the value of keypressed like this:

keypressed.value = key.value;

So we can get the value of a <input> control by:

myvalue = document.getElementById("keyId").value;