Trouble passing form name to function

[ant1832]

I have 2 forms(form1,form2) on one page. I'm trying to re-use a function for both forms. The function is a simple if statement matching against one of the fields that both forms have.

right now I'm passing it like so... function('form1')

function(txt) {
var="document.forms."+txt+".field.value"
if(var=="ant1832"){...

I check what was passed to the variable using alert(var) and its "document.forms.form1.value."

How can I pass the actual value to the variable?

[beetle]

Well, what you're trying to do is evaluate a string as code, which can be done using the eval function

var value = eval( "document.forms." + txt + ".field.value" );

However, I don't ever recommend using eval. Fortunately, javascript and the DOM provide for us, a better way to achieve the above statement. This is done using the bracket-syntax, which allows us to assert properties as strings, as opposed to the more common dot-syntax.

var value = document.forms[txt].field.value;

Make sure to declare a valid variable name to store your data, as well.

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[ant1832]

exactly what I needed. I knew it would be something really easy. Thanks!