putting asp and javascript together

[gilgalbiblewheel]

I have a database table where I managed to add with ASP an extra column which breaks down the previous column "text_data" and counts the number of words:

<td>
<%  Dim TheString, ArrayTemp, NumberOfWords, Word
    TheString = rs("text_data")
    ArrayTemp = split(TheString, " ")
    NumberOfWords = UBound(ArrayTemp) + 1
'    Response.Write "<P>The String is: " & TheString
    Response.Write "<P>Number of words: " & NumberOfWords
'    Response.Write "<P>Here are the words which compose that string: "
    For Each Word In ArrayTemp
    Response.Write "<BR><font size=""5"" face=""BSTHebrew"">" & word & "</font> = "
    next%>

</td>

My goal is to take each letter and assign them to a number:
a=1,b=2...
Which I have done in another place with JavaScript:

  //<![CDATA[
   //&&& 1st of 2 instances of getKeyValue(). changed name of Fx, '_h' for hebrew? 
   function getKeyValue_h(chr) { 
   //A switch statement is more efficient for this
    switch(chr.charAt()){
     case "a": return 1; 
     case "b": return 2; 
     case "g": return 3; 
     case "d": return 4; 
     case "h": return 5; 
     case "w": return 6; 
     case "x": return 8; 
     case "j": return 9; 
     case "y": return 10; 
     case "k":;
     case "$": return 20; 
     case "l": return 30; 
     case "m":;
     case "~": return 40; 
     case "n":;
     case "!": return 50; 
     case "s": return 60; 
     case "[": return 70; 
     case "p":;
     case "@": return 80; 
     case "c":;
     case "#": return 90; 
     case "q": return 100; 
     case "r": return 200;
     case "f":; 
     case "v": return 300; 
     case "t": return 400;
     default: return 0; 
    }
   } 

   function computeValue(str) { 
    var ans = 0; 
    for(var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) { 
     ans += getKeyValue_h(str.charAt(i));
    } 
    return ans; 
   }
   //]]>

The JavaScript was for a textbox object and textarea. Is there a way to calculate (add) the numbers of the letters assigned after each " = " in the ASP code?

[Lpatnaik]

As ASP processes server side code first and then creates the HTML which is then rendered by the browser (which also processes the client side code), you cannot mix the asp and js code. What you can anyway do is have the same function in a VBScript function as well and call this function.

[mobilephones]

yes you can use Javascript in ASP something like this:

<%
response.write("<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=""Javascript"">" & vbNewLine _
& "myphone= """ & objRS("mobilephone") & """;" & vbNewLine _
& "mycolor= ""000066"";" & vbNewLine _
& "</script>")
%>

[afgmail]

I could help if you were more clear on what you're trying to achieve.

[jpomranky]

You can write out dynamic client side JavaScript from the server side ASP.