Input text box in FOR LOOP with same Name

[laker67]

Hi,
I have a FORM which has a Input text box in a FOR loop .

<form name="form1" method="POST" Action="sasd.asp" onSubmit="return validate();">
            <%
            for(i=0;i <3;i++)
            {
            %>
<input width="150" Type="text" name="NM">
            <%
            }
            %>

</FORM>

This might be simple but I'm having difficulity in reading what is inside the "NM" Input text box so that i can do some validation .
This is what i have in the validate() function .

var a1=document.form1.elements[1].value;
var a2=a1+'';
var a3=a2.split(",");
alert(a3[0]+a3[1]);

I'm able to read only a3[0] and not a3[1] .
But if i submit this to the next ASP Page i'm able to read everything but not in the same ASP Page in javascript function .
Please let me know where i'm doing wrong .

 

[vongrunt]

In that case form1.elements.NM becomes collection and you'll have to iterate through it ( => Javascript forum).

Btw. naming texboxes identically isn't best practice - it is usually OK only for radio/checbox stuff.