<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<ol id="myOl" start="50">
  <li>Coffee</li>
  <li>Tea</li>
  <li>Milk</li>
</ol>

<p>Click the button to return the value of the start attribute of the ordered list.</p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myOl").start;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>