Mega Code Archive
Passing the Form Object as a Parameter
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<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Beatle Picker</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function processData(form) {
for (var i = 0; i < form.items.length; i++) {
if (form.items[i].checked) {
break
}
}
var choseItem = form.items[i].value
var chosenSong = form.song.value
alert("Looking to see if " + chosenSong + " was written by " + choseItem + "...")
}
function checkSong(songTitle) {
var enteredSong = songTitle.value
alert("Making sure that " + enteredSong + " was recorded by the items.")
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM NAME="Abbey Road">
Choose your favorite Beatle:
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="items" VALUE="A" CHECKED="true">A
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="items" VALUE="B">B
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="items" VALUE="C">C
<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="items" VALUE="D">D
<P>
Enter the name of your favorite items song:<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="song" VALUE="value" onChange="checkSong(this)"><P>
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="process" VALUE="Process Request..." onClick="processData(this.form)">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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