function returning a string?

[Michael Hamm]

I have the following:

<form onsubmit="this. q.value='from '+this.a.value+ ' to '+this.b.value;
this.a.value='P LEASE';this.b.v alue='WAIT';"
action="http://google.com/maps"><input type="submit" value="Find">
Google's directions from <input name="a" size="36"> to <input size="36"
name="b">.<inpu t type="hidden" name="q"></form>

For brevity's sake, I wish to shorten this.x.value to f(x) (for each
x), assuming this comes out shorter (in bytes, not steps). Is there a way
to do so? (I'm only running this on my own computer, so I only care if it
runs in M$IE6.)

Tia,

Michael Hamm
AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
msh210@math.wus tl.edu Fine print:
http://math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ ... legal.html

[mscir]

Re: function returning a string?

Michael Hamm wrote:[color=blue]
> <form onsubmit="this. q.value='from '+this.a.value+ ' to '+this.b.value;
> this.a.value='P LEASE';this.b.v alue='WAIT';"
> action="http://google.com/maps"><input type="submit" value="Find">
> Google's directions from <input name="a" size="36"> to <input size="36"
> name="b">.<inpu t type="hidden" name="q"></form>
>
> For brevity's sake, I wish to shorten this.x.value to f(x) (for each
> x), assuming this comes out shorter (in bytes, not steps). Is there a way
> to do so? (I'm only running this on my own computer, so I only care if it
> runs in M$IE6.)
> Tia,
> Michael Hamm[/color]

Is this what you mean by less bytes? Not sure about browser/version
support, but this works in my ie6, netscape 7.2, firefox 1.0.

<form onsubmit="q.val ue='from '+a.value+' to
'+b.value;a.val ue='PLEASE';b.v alue='WAIT';" action="http://google.com/maps">
<input type="submit" value="Find">&n bsp;Google's directions from&nbsp;
<input name="a" size="36">&nbsp ;to&nbsp;
<input size="36" name="b">.
<input type="hidden" name="q">
</form>

MIke

[RobB]

Re: function returning a string?

Michael Hamm wrote:[color=blue]
> I have the following:
>
> <form onsubmit="this. q.value='from '+this.a.value+ ' to[/color]
'+this.b.value;[color=blue]
> this.a.value='P LEASE';this.b.v alue='WAIT';"
> action="http://google.com/maps"><input type="submit" value="Find">
> Google's directions from <input name="a" size="36"> to <input[/color]
size="36"[color=blue]
> name="b">.<inpu t type="hidden" name="q"></form>
>
> For brevity's sake, I wish to shorten this.x.value to f(x) (for[/color]
each[color=blue]
> x), assuming this comes out shorter (in bytes, not steps). Is there[/color]
a way[color=blue]
> to do so? (I'm only running this on my own computer, so I only care[/color]
if it[color=blue]
> runs in M$IE6.)
>
> Tia,
>
> Michael Hamm
> AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
> msh210@math.wus tl.edu Fine print:
> http://math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ ... legal.html[/color]

Probably neater to do the entire process in a separate function:

function x(els)
{
els.q.value =
'from ' + els.a.value +
' to ' + els.b.value;
els.a.value = 'PLEASE';
els.b.value = 'WAIT';
}

<form.....onsub mit="x(this.ele ments)">

Could also go:

<form onsubmit="e=thi s.elements;v='v alue';e.q[v]='from '+e.a[v]+' to
'+e.b[v];
e.a[v]='PLEASE';e.b[v]='WAIT';"
action="http://google.com/maps">

....though it seems silly.

[Michael Hamm]

Re: function returning a string?

On 24 Feb 2005 13:11:42 -0800, RobB <ferndoc9@hotma il.com> wrote, in part:[color=blue][color=green]
> > <form onsubmit="this. q.value='from '+this.a.value+ ' to
> > '+this.b.value; this.a.value='P LEASE';this.b.v alue='WAIT';"
> > action="http://google.com/maps"><input type="submit" value="Find">
> > Google's directions from <input name="a" size="36"> to <input
> > size="36" name="b">.<inpu t type="hidden" name="q"></form>
> >
> > For brevity's sake, I wish to shorten this.x.value to f(x) (for
> > each x), assuming this comes out shorter (in bytes, not steps). Is
> > there a way to do so? (I'm only running this on my own computer, so I
> > only care if it runs in M$IE6.)[/color][/color]
<snip>[color=blue]
> Could also go:
>
> <form onsubmit="e=thi s.elements;v='v alue';e.q[v]='from '+e.a[v]+' to
> '+e.b[v];
> e.a[v]='PLEASE';e.b[v]='WAIT';"
> action="http://google.com/maps">
>
> ...though it seems silly.[/color]

Yeah, I meant something like the latter. I was actually hoping for
something like

<form onsubmit="f[x]=this.x.value;f[q]='from '+f[a]+' to '+f[b];
f[a]='PLEASE';f[b]='WAIT';" action="http://google.com/maps"><input
type="submit" value="Find">Go ogle's directions from <input name="a"
size="36"> to <input size="36" name="b">.<inpu t type="hidden" name="q">
</form>

Anything like that possible?

Michael Hamm
AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
msh210@math.wus tl.edu Fine print:
http://math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ ... legal.html