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using javascript to rewrite current page

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49er

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I have a page with a select box that offers 3 choices. Based on the user's choice, I want to rewrite the current page with a document.write statement. Is this possible? My code with the error line highlighted is below. Thanks alot!!!!

if (searchBy == "Address") {
var 2ndStageContent
2ndStageContent = (&quot;<html><center><font size='2'>I want to search by: </font></td>&quot;);
2ndStageContent += <select size='1' name='SearchDistanceList'>&quot;);
2ndStageContent += (&quot;<script language=javascript>&quot;);
2ndStageContent += (&quot;var searchCriteria = new Array(1);&quot;);
2ndStageContent += (&quot;searchCriteria[0] = '5 minute walk (1/2 mile)';&quot;);
2ndStageContent += (&quot;searchCriteria[1] = '10 minute walk (3/4 mile)';&quot;);
2ndStageContent += (&quot;for (var i = 0; i <= 2; i++) {&quot;);
2ndStageContent += (&quot;document.write ('<option value=' +searchCriteria + '>' + searchCriteria);&quot;);
******** THE NEXT LINE IS THE PROBLEM **************
2ndStageContent += (&quot;</script>&quot;);
***************************************************
2ndStageContent += (&quot;}&quot;);
document.write(2ndStageContent);
}
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within and document.write statements in javascript use \/ so

2ndStageContent += &quot;<\/script>&quot;;

also, you don't need the parentheses around each of you 2ndStageContent lines (only in the document.write statement).

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A further point is that your </script> tag is written within your for (....) function - shold read as follows:-

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2ndStageContent += (&quot;for (var i = 0; i <= 2; i++) {&quot;);
2ndStageContent += (&quot;document.write ('<option value=' +searchCriteria[i] + '>' + searchCriteria[i]);&quot;);
2ndStageContent += (&quot;}&quot;);
2ndStageContent += (&quot;</script>&quot;);
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