Variable Object Property Names

[jmattturn]

Forgive my ignorance, I am new to JS and I am trying to learn how to allow an Object Property Name to be modified by using a variable, but I am unsure if this is a) possible; and b) what the correct way to do it would be.

Say you have:

document.form1.select1.value = 10;

What I want to be able to do is have "select1" be a variable so I can loop through many instances of this in a script.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!
John

 

[tsuji]

[tt]//x being any name for that matter, or a looping variable
var x="select1";
document.form1.elements[x].value=10;
[/tt]

 

[kaht]

You can set the form element itself to a variable using the following syntax:

var a = document.forms["form1"].elements["select1"];

//and then an example using the variable:

for (var i = 0; i < a.options.length; i++) {
   alert(a.options[i].value);
}

-kaht

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[jmattturn]

Thank both of you so very much. I knew it had to be possible, I just wasn't familiar enough with the syntax.

Worked like a charm.

Thanks again,
John