javascript created links

[John]

Hi, I want to set a directory and an image name as a js variable and
later call those vars as and html link. I am not doing this correctly,
so I ask for help. Any advice is appreciated. Chuck
Here is a basic example.

<script type="text/javascript" language="javas cript">
var dirpath = " http://www.blah.com/images/",
image1 = "de-01.jpg";
</script>


<a href="<script language="javas cript">document .write(dirpath +
image1);</script>">image1 </a>

[Michael Winter]

Re: javascript created links

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:35:29 -0500, John <john@mac.com > wrote:
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> Hi, I want to set a directory and an image name as a js variable and
> later call those vars as and html link. I am not doing this correctly,
> so I ask for help. Any advice is appreciated. Chuck
> Here is a basic example.
>
> <script type="text/javascript" language="javas cript">[/color]

The type attribute makes language redundant. That, and the fact that
language is deprecated, means that you shouldn't use the language
attribute.
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> var dirpath = " http://www.blah.com/images/",
> image1 = "de-01.jpg";
> </script>
>
> <a href="<script language="javas cript">document .write(dirpath +
> image1);</script>">image1 </a>[/color]

You'll have to write out the entire link:

<script type="text/javascript">
document.write( '<a href="' + dirpath + image1 + '">image1<\/a');
</script>

Note that the </a sequence is escaped. This should be done with all
closing tags to ensure that the browser doesn't interpret </ as the end of
the SCRIPT element.

Hope that helps,
Mike

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