If statement does not function correctly

[RoseDa]

I am very new at Javascript, so this may be to simple for most. Sorry, but I am trying to learn this stuff.

I have a form that has several drop downs for users to select a number from 0 - 100.
Example:

<select name="Ami"  onchange="GetTotal()">
   <option value=0>0 <option value=10>10 </select>

I then add the all the drop down numbers with javascipt.
First I assign each name a variable.
Example:

<var Ami = document.week1.Ami.value;

Then I add all the variables together for a total.
Example:

<var Gtotal = ((-Ami - Bob)* -1);

I probably did this incorrectly, but it works.

Then I make the total equal a form element.
I would like to put in an validation or if statement that would warn the user if the total was over 100.

I tried this but it did not work:

<if (Gtotal > 100) {"alert('Total can not be more than 100!');"} else {document.week1.total.value = Gtotal};

Any assistance would be greatly appreaciated.

Yours,
Dale Rose

 

[chessbot]

cut the leading "<" and put this in the function, if it is not already.

--Chessbot

 

[RoseDa]

Chessbot,
Thank you for the quick response, but the leading "<" is not part of the code. For some reason by placing the code in code tags it adds the < to the front of it. The if statement is:

if (Gtotal > 100) {"alert('Total can not be more than 100!');"} else {document.week1.total.value = Gtotal};

I tested the alert statement separatly and it works and the else statement works also.

What am I missing?

Yours,
Dale Rose

 

[chessbot]

{"alert('Total can not be more than 100!');"}

cut the quotes around the alert, i.e:

{alert('Total can not be more than 100!');}

--Chessbot