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getElementByID not working in JS External file

just asking when I tried using this code let countEl = document.getElementById('count-el'); console.log(countEl) inside my html file the result in console.log is showing this result <h2 id="count-el">0</h2> However when I tried to create a file for javascript I'm getting this result null can you tell me why is that happened when using external file? cause I want to get the result just like on the internal js

let countEl = document.getElementById('count-el');
console.log(countEl)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
    
    <script src="function.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <h2 id="count-el">0</h2>

    <button class="increment" onclick="increment()">INCREMENT</button>
</body>
</html>

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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