splitting a string

[qwe1204]

I have a textarea on my .asp page. It contains upto 17 lines of varying length text with a carriage return line feed on the end of each line. I need to split this string into 17 separate string using javascript and store these new strings in hidden variables on the page.

 

[mithrilhall]

<form name=&quot;frmX&quot;>
<TEXTAREA rows=5 cols=40 id=textarea1 name=textarea1>
</TEXTAREA>
<INPUT type=&quot;button&quot; value=&quot;Button&quot; id=button3 name=button3 onClick=&quot;splitIt(textarea1.value);&quot;>
</form>

Javascript function:

function splitIt(txtArea)
{
var txtArray = txtArea;
txtArray.split(Chr(13) & Chr(10));
}

Now if I did the function correctly, you should end up with an array (txtArray) that contains the strings you want.

 

[mithrilhall]

Skip what I have above, it doesn't work. Try this (I tested it):

Javascript function:
function splitIt(txtArea)
{
var txtArray = txtArea;
var re = /\r\n/g;

hold = txtArray.split(re);
holdL = hold.length;

for(x=0;x<holdL;x++)
alert(hold[x]);
}

<form name=&quot;frmX&quot;>
<TEXTAREA rows=5 cols=40 id=textarea1 name=textarea1>
</TEXTAREA>
<INPUT type=&quot;button&quot; value=&quot;Button&quot; id=button3 name=button3 onClick=&quot;splitIt(textarea1.value);&quot;>
</form>