Issue with custom function

[scoobyroo]

I'm new to javascript and I need to create a function that will change a period parameter into a date. Example would be 200804 would need to be shown as April 2008.

I was given an example of a function to do this which is listed below.

function Period_to_LongMonthYear(iPer)
{
var sPer;
var sYear;
var mon;
var Month_Titles;
var aMonth_Titles;

Month_Titles = "January February March April May June July August September October November December";
aMonth_Titles = Month_Titles.split(" ");
sPer = String(iPer);
mon = sPer.substr(4,2);
sYear = sPer.substr(0,4);
return(aMonth_Titles[(mon * 1)-1] + " " + sYear);
}

On my report I used the following to display the results in the header.

jscript:"From " + Period_to_LongMonthYear(req.Option("INTEGER.PERIOD").Value);

When the report runs, I get the following error:

ERROR: Script evaluation failed for script

Is there something wrong with the function or my formula on the report or both?

Thanks for any help.

 

[mmerlinn]

[ ]
What is this?:

sPer = String(iPer);

I don't see that variable anywhere else in your function.

mmerlinn

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[mmerlinn]

[ ]
Oops, now I do. Sorry.

mmerlinn

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

What is "jscript:"? Where and how are you "running" this? In a normal web browser?

Dan



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