JS get option value

[Evan]

I have the current lists obj in

tempobj

I want to get its value, of the selected item.

so I tried

tempobj.option(tempobj.selectedIndex)
and
tempobj.list(tempobj.selectedIndex)

How do I get that?

[CornedBee]

Array indexing in JavaScript (as in any other C-syntax language) uses [], so it's
tempobj.options[tempobj.selectedIndex]

[Evan]

ah I see. thanks alot beeee

[Evan]

do capitals matter in java?

[Evan]

cause they really do in perl, and that is an annoyance

[Evan]

How come this doesnt work?

(if the list has '' in the selected item, I want it to speak up)

<!-- Begin
function checkrequired(which) {
var pass=true;
if (document.images) {
for (i=0;i<which.length;i++) {
var tempobj=which.elements[i];
if (tempobj.name.substring(0,8)=="required") {if (((tempobj.type=='text'||tempobj.type=='textarea')&&tempobj.value=='')||(tempobj.type.toString(0)==' s'&&tempobj.options[tempobj.selectedIndex].value=='')) {
pass=false;
break;
}
}
}
}
if (!pass) {
shortFieldName=tempobj.name.substring(8,30).toUpperCase();
alert("Please make sure the all required fields are completed.");
return false;
}
else
return true;
}
// End -->

[CornedBee]

First, remove the Begin and End words, especially the Begin, it might confuse some engines.

Second, capitalization matters in JavaScript (again, like in most C-like languages, the only exception I know is PHP), so you'd better get used to it. It's really not that bad.

Third:

tempobj.type.toString(0)=='s'

That's invalid code. type is already a string, so toString doesn't do anything. And toString doesn't take arguments. I guess what you want is
tempobj.type[0], right?

[Evan]

oh interesting. thanks ill try that.