Passing form data to a function

[milams]

Hi All,

I'm not that this can be done in JavaScript, but what I'm trying to do is have a dropdown list with numbers in the list representing a quantity. I put an "onchange" on the dropdown list:

<script language="javascript">
var qty = document.testform.element.qty.value;

function testfor(){
for (var i=0; i<qty; i++) {
document.write('<input type="text" name= i size="20">' + '&nbsp' + i + '<br>');
}
} 
</script>

<form name="testform" method="POST">
<select size="1" name="qty" onchange="testfor()">
	<option value="1">1</option>
	<option value="2">2</option>
	<option value="3">3</option>
</select>

So when the user chooses a quantity it would call the function testfor(). Is this even possible? Well, the problem is that i'm not able to pass the value of "qty" to the function. I know that my syntax is wrong, but can I even do this? If so, can anyone help me with the syntax?

 

[mbrooks]

This should work for you.

<script language="javascript">
var qty = document.testform.element.qty.value;

function testfor([b]qty[/b]){
	for (var i=0; i< qty; i++) {
		document.write('<input type="text" name= i size="20">' + '&nbsp' + i + '<br>');
	}
}
</script>

<form name="testform" method="POST">
	<select size="1" name="qty" onChange="testfor([b]this.value[/b])">
		<option value="1">1</option>
		<option value="2">2</option>
		<option value="3">3</option>
	</select>
</form>

M. Brooks

http://mbrooks.info

 

[milams]

Thank you, I knew I was missing something, but couldn't figure it out. Thank again for your help