I am trying to make this function:

unixxxx · Oct 25, 2002

I am trying to make this function:

function check()
{
for (var i=0;i<document.form1.length;i++){

if (document.form1.elements.value=="&quot
{
alert("Please enter your name."
document.form1.elements.focus();
break;

I used to call it document.form1.name.value but if I want to change it to elements. what is the proper syntax if there are 2 elements that I should check in the whole form?
Let say, if I there are two fields, such as name and adrress. What is the correct syntax in using elements to specify each element?

Thank you.

rac2 · Oct 25, 2002

if (document.form1.elements.value=="&quot
{
if (document.form1.elements.name=="name&quot
{
//do what must be done.
}

}

But why would you want to loop through all of the elements if you know the names of the elements you want to check?

jemminger · Oct 26, 2002

function check() {
for (var x = 0; x < document.form1.elements.length; x++){
if (document.form1.elements[x].value=="&quot

{
alert("Please enter a value.&quot

;
document.form1.elements[x].focus();
}
}
} =========================================================
if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

unixxxx · Oct 27, 2002

let say if I want to loop through all elements but I don't know the name of the elements that I would like to check, and I use the if .. else statement to write the condition of each element. This is how I did it, but , but it still did not alert when other elements are not filled out.
Anything is wrong with how the element is written?

Any suggestion? thx

function validateform()
{
for (var x=0;x<document.form1.elements.length;x++){

if (document.form1.elements[x].value=="&quot

{
alert("Please enter your first name:&quot

;
document.form1.elements.focus();
}
else if (document.form1.elements.value=="" ) {
alert("Please enter your address:"
document.form1.elements.focus();
}
else
{
alert("Done"
break;
}
}

jemminger · Oct 27, 2002

unixxxx,

you could simply use the name attribute of each field:
[tt]
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script language="javascript">
function validateForm(oForm) {
for (var x = 0; x < oForm.elements.length; x++){
if (oForm.elements[x].value=="&quot

{
alert("Please enter a " + unescape(oForm.elements[x].name) + ".&quot

;
oForm.elements[x].focus();
return false;
}
}
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<form onsubmit="return validateForm(this);">
First Name:<input type="text" name="First%20Name" value="" />
<br/>Last Name:<input type="text" name="Last%20Name" value="" />
<p/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
[tt]
=========================================================
if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

unixxxx · Oct 27, 2002

Thanks . That helps a lot.

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