slash in a form item name

[Pierre-Yves]

Hello,

I have to change the value of a form item wich contains slashes in its name
(ie: <input name="hello/how/are/you" ....>)
I know it's crazy but the form is dynamically generated by a 3rd party tool,
so I don't have any control on it.

With this piece of code I can see the item names :

function tst() {
for (i=0; i<document.tst. elements.length ;i++) {
alert(document. tst.elements[i].name);
}
}

But how can I change its value ?

Thanks in advance,
Pierre-Yves.

[Richard Cornford]

Re: slash in a form item name

Pierre-Yves wrote:[color=blue]
> I have to change the value of a form item wich contains slashes
> in its name (ie: <input name="hello/how/are/you" ....>)
> I know it's crazy but the form is dynamically generated by a
> 3rd party tool, so I don't have any control on it.
>
> With this piece of code I can see the item names :
>
> function tst() {
> for (i=0; i<document.tst. elements.length ;i++) {
> alert(document. tst.elements[i].name);
> }
> }
>
> But how can I change its value ?[/color]

See the group's FAQ, particularly quick answers 4.25 and 4.39 (and
linked resources).

<URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/ >

The result will resemble:-

document.forms['tst].elements['hello/how/are/you'].value = x;

(but it is best to use the FAQ references and understand why)

Richard.

[Pierre-Yves]

Re: slash in a form item name

Nice FAQ!
it solved my problem, thanks !

"Richard Cornford" <Richard@litote s.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ckdfec$6ql $1$830fa17d@new s.demon.co.uk.. .[color=blue]
> Pierre-Yves wrote:[color=green]
> > I have to change the value of a form item wich contains slashes
> > in its name (ie: <input name="hello/how/are/you" ....>)
> > I know it's crazy but the form is dynamically generated by a
> > 3rd party tool, so I don't have any control on it.
> >
> > With this piece of code I can see the item names :
> >
> > function tst() {
> > for (i=0; i<document.tst. elements.length ;i++) {
> > alert(document. tst.elements[i].name);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > But how can I change its value ?[/color]
>
> See the group's FAQ, particularly quick answers 4.25 and 4.39 (and
> linked resources).
>
> <URL: http://jibbering.com/faq/ >
>
> The result will resemble:-
>
> document.forms['tst].elements['hello/how/are/you'].value = x;
>
> (but it is best to use the FAQ references and understand why)
>
> Richard.
>
>[/color]