Prototype: Covert this visibility checking script to prototype syntax?

How do I convert this small script to Prototype:

Basi开发者_运维百科cally I need to check if an element is visible or not, I do with jquery this way: $('id_element').is(':visible'); but I dont know how to do it similar with Prototype.

<div id="myDiv" style="display:none">A Div</div>
<script>
if(document.getElementById('myDiv').style.display == 'none') alert('visible');
else alert('hidden');
</script>

Thank you!

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Should be:

$('myElementID').visible();

Note that you do not use '#' to reference the element by id like you do in jQuery.