JS Form Validation Question

[OrangeWire]

the current source i have looks like this:
var field = form.name;
var name = parseInt(field.value);
if (!name) {
alert("Please enter your name.");
return false;
} else if ...... etc etc

i have a bunch of fields on this page that i need to validate and i would like to SKIP the first line...

is it possible for me to do something like this:

var name = parseInt(form.name.value); ?

Thanks a lot guys!

 

[mwolf00]

If you're just trying to make sure that info was entered...

function checkForm(){
 theForm = document.myForm
 msg = ""
 for (x=0; x<theForm.elements.length; x++){
   if (theForm.elements[x].type == "text"){
     if (theForm.elements[x].value == ""){
       msg += "\n-" + theForm.elements[x].name
     }
   }
 }
 if (msg != ""){
   alert("Please fill in the following:\n" + msg)
   return false
 }
 return true
}

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