Javascript question

Ok heres what i got, i am getting an error 'cannot assign to a function result' whenever i run this function .. I am gonna post only the first half of the code cuz it is kind of long ,

Code:

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                        sofar="______";
                        thepot="";
                        s="";
                        p="";
                        theword="";
                        l=0;
                function HangMan() {
                        theword="daniel";
                        l=theword.length
                                if (sofar=theword) {
                                        Finish();
                                }
                        userin= prompt('Guess a lettter');
//The For Loop is where it says its happening i have never
// seen this error before so i dont know what it means 
                                              for (x = 1; x < l; i++) {
                                if (theword.substring(x,1)=userin) {
                                        sofar+=theword.substring(x,1);
                                          RefVar();
                                }
                        }

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If anyone could help i would greatly appreciate it..

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I think it is your "=" signs. "=" by itself is used to set something to something else. What you want is "==".

so it would look like this on the if statements.

Code:

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if (theword.substring(x,1)==userin)

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Now i am getting 'Object Expected' at this line of code

Code:

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userin=prompt('Guess a lettter');

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I fix one thing then its on to another!

Actually I think your error is occuring at the start of the For loop.

for (x = 1; x < l; i++)

The i++ should be x++

Try this instead and let me know if you need anything else:

for (x = 1; x < l; x++)

now i am getting the first error again at
if (theword.substring(x,1)==userin) {
Well at least thats where IE Says it is

Dang IT!

it looks like its only happening when i type in the letter 'a'