Array of fields(checkboxes) to update

[jkafer]

I'm stumped and I think I've just been looking at this too long and I'm missing something simple:

I have an array of fields that I would like to update if the function is called.

The array will change - that part is working the sample I'm going to show is after the array is selected I want to update all checkboxes in that array to be checked.

var theGroup = ['typM', 'typSt', 'typSp'];

for (i=0; i < theGroup.length;i++)
{
update field to checked. Here's the problem.
}

This works:
document.form1.typM.checked = true;
This does not:
document.form1.theGroup.checked = true;

If I do an alert(theGroup); it does loop through the array.

WHAT AM I MISSING?!?!??!

jeni

 

[vacunita]

Basically what you are saying there is for the JS to look for a group of elements named theGroup inside the form named form1. But there are no elements with the name "theGroup" because that's a variable, so it can't find an object to reference.

Try this instead:

 document.form1.[red]elements[[/red]theGroup[i][red]][/red].checked = true;

You want to look for the elements who's names you want to get from the variable theGroup which is an array.







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[jkafer]

PERFECT - told you I was looking at it too long!

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