Error on Page

xencade · Aug 14, 2002

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

function getKeyCode()
{
var character = document.characterCode.character.value.substring(0,1);
var code = document.characterCode.character.value.charCodeAt(0);
var msg = "The ASCII Decimal Key Code for the \""+character+"" character is "+code+".";
{
alert(msg);

}}
</script>
</HEAD>

<BODY>

<form name="characterCode method="post" action="" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<center>Type A Character
<input name="character" maxlength="1" size="1" TYPE="text">
<input type="button" value="Get ASCII Value"
onClick="getKeyCode()">
</center>
</form>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Can anyone tell me why this won't work? What I need to change...

onpnt · Aug 14, 2002

just missing a view "'s and a extra one. try this
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

function getKeyCode()
{
var character = document.characterCode.character.value.substring(0,1);
var code = document.characterCode.character.value.charCodeAt(0);
var msg = "The ASCII Decimal Key Code for the \"" + character + " character is " + code + " . ";

alert(msg);

}
</script>
<form name="characterCode" method="post" action="" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<center>Type A Character
<input name="character" maxlength="1" size="1" TYPE="text">
<input type="button" value="Get ASCII Value" onClick="getKeyCode()">
</center>
</form>
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trollacious · Aug 14, 2002

Iin msg, yoiu didn't escape the second pair of double quotes. To avoid that problem, I'd rewrite it using single quotes for the string:

var msg = 'The ASCII Decimal Key Code for the "'+character+'" character is '+code+'.';

xencade · Aug 14, 2002

Thank you, that worked perfectly!

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