<form> Confusion

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Hi, I don’t know what value ,name , id and for do or what where they are validating

        <input id="animal-1" name="animal-1" type="text" required>```
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Hey there @dinnosam!! Welcome to the Codecademy forums!! :grinning:

The value attribute specifies the value an element will send, for example if you submit:
<input type="text" value="Cat">

Than whatever code reads the input, will perceive it as the string “Cat”

The id attribute is used both for styling with CSS and for adding code such as JS:

<script>
  post = getElementById('element')
</script>

<style>
  #element { 
    color: red;
  }
</style>

<input id="element" type="text">
  Random text that is part of a CC forum example!
</form>

The text in the <input> is now red, and the JavaScript element post is now equal to the <input>.

The for attribute is usually used to associate a element such as <label> with another element:

<label for="cows">Do you like cows?</label>
<input name="cows" type="text">

Finally the name attribute is usually used for associating two or more elements with each other, like a <label> in the previous example.
Or for something like two checkboxes:

<input type="checkbox" name="2">
<input type="checkbox" name="1">
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Thank you so much! :heart:

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