noob question, passing string to function

[AlbertAguirre]

I wrote a function and I am passing my div layer id to it.

This works:
document.getElementById("myDivLayer").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;

This does not:
document.getElementById(myDivVar).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;

Why?

 

[monksnake]

What are you setting myDivVar equal to?

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[AlbertAguirre]

setting it to "myDivLayer"

Heres the code, simplified: THIS DOES NOT WORK

function execAjax(myDivVar){

// execute server side script
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function stateChanged() {
if (xmlHttp.readyState==1){
document.getElementById(myDivVar).innerHTML="html here";
}
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4){
document.getElementById(myDivVar).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
}
};

xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
}


However, the same code with this line does work:

document.getElementById("myDivLayer").innerHTML="html here";

Ideas?

 

[AlbertAguirre]

It seems to me that I need to pass my var to function stateChanged? How?

Anyone?

 

[AlbertAguirre]

I tried defining a global variable to use in the stateChanged function but no luck.

Ideas? Please? Anyone... Anyone.. Bueller... Bueller....

 

[monksnake]

function execAjax(myDivVar){ 

// execute server side script
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function stateChanged([!]myDivVar[/!]) { 
                if (xmlHttp.readyState==1){ 
document.getElementById(myDivVar).innerHTML="html here";
                }
                if (xmlHttp.readyState==4){ 
document.getElementById(myDivVar).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
                }
            };

xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
}

Calm down dude, your post hasn't been up that long.

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[AlbertAguirre]

Im calm.

Found it. When i call the js function I passed the var with single quotes. I changed it to double and it works now.

Js stinks.