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I am a mechanical engineer and I am learning JavaScript to automate webpage in IE. Can anybody provide java script for clicking LI objects in HTML page?

I tried using below code but it doesn't work.

document.getElementByID("432869881541.5918").click()

HTML code looks like below.

<UL>
<LI class=link id=1360318910295.6645 menuUID="1360318910295.6645">
<SPAN class=icon style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(../common/images/utilMmenuBullets.gif)"></SPAN><SPAN>Select...</SPAN></LI>
<LI class=link id=432869881541.5918 menuUID="432869881541.5918"><SPAN class=icon style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(../common/images/utilMmenuBullets.gif)"></SPAN><SPAN>Change...</SPAN></LI>
<LI class=link id=1402867405344.4795 menuUID="1402867405344.4795"><SPAN class=icon style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(../common/images/utilMmenuBullets.gif)"></SPAN><SPAN>Edit...</SPAN></LI>
<LI class=link id=1056960102523.8238 menuUID="1056960102523.8238"><SPAN class=icon style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(../common/images/utilMmenuBullets.gif)"></SPAN><SPAN>Change Project Member...</SPAN></LI>
<LI id=1271335933173.4301 menuUID="1271335933173.4301">
<HR>
</LI>
</UL>
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// get the first unordered list
var ul = document.getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];

// get all list elements in unordered list
var items = ul.getElementsByTagName('li');

// executed when list item is clicked
function callback() {
   console.log(this);
   var menuUID = this.getAttribute('menuuid');

   console.log('id: ' + this.id);
   console.log('menuUID' + menuUID);
}

// loop over each list item
for (var i=0; i<items.length; i++) {
   // current list item
   var item = items[i];
   // add 'click' callback to the list element
   item.addEventListener('click', callback);
}
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