Combining 2 variables into a statement

[CES]

All,

I sorry for the 101 question but how do you combine 2 var into a document
statement i.e.



This Line works:



var maxChar = eval("document. " + formName + "." + FieldName +
".getAttribute( \"maxlength\"); ");



But any variation without the eval() statment dosen't:



var maxChar =
document.(formN ame).(FieldName ).getAttribute( "maxlength" );

var maxChar =
document.(formN ame)(FieldName) .getAttribute(" maxlength");

var maxChar =
document.(formN ame.FieldName). getAttribute("m axlength");

var maxChar = document.(formN ame + "." +
FieldName).getA ttribute("maxle ngth");

etc...



Can this be executed with out using eval()??



Thanks

[kaeli]

Re: Combining 2 variables into a statement

In article <ApudndJK4obO5Q CiRVn-tg@speakeasy.ne t>, None@noSpam.com
enlightened us with...[color=blue]
> All,
> This Line works:
>
>
>
> var maxChar = eval("document. " + formName + "." + FieldName +
> ".getAttribute( \"maxlength\"); ");
>[/color]

maxChar = document.forms[formName].elements[FieldName];
would get the element.

adding on the .getAttribute(" maxlength") should work, but I didn't test
it.

So...
maxChar = document.forms[formName].elements[FieldName].getAttribute
("maxlength" );

Assuming there is an attribute called maxlength and defined variables
called formName and FieldName. I didn't look it up and attributes are
case-sensitive, so maxLength != maxlength and fieldName != FieldName.

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[CES]

Re: Combining 2 variables into a statement

kaeli,
Thanks for the help...
CES

"kaeli" <infinite.possi bilities@NOSPAM att.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1a0739 f775abe08398990 f@nntp.lucent.c om...[color=blue]
> In article <ApudndJK4obO5Q CiRVn-tg@speakeasy.ne t>, None@noSpam.com
> enlightened us with...[color=green]
> > All,
> > This Line works:
> >
> >
> >
> > var maxChar = eval("document. " + formName + "." + FieldName[/color][/color]
+[color=blue][color=green]
> > ".getAttribute( \"maxlength\"); ");
> >[/color]
>
> maxChar = document.forms[formName].elements[FieldName];
> would get the element.
>
> adding on the .getAttribute(" maxlength") should work, but I didn't test
> it.
>
> So...
> maxChar = document.forms[formName].elements[FieldName].getAttribute
> ("maxlength" );
>
> Assuming there is an attribute called maxlength and defined variables
> called formName and FieldName. I didn't look it up and attributes are
> case-sensitive, so maxLength != maxlength and fieldName != FieldName.
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> ~kaeli~
> Jesus saves, Allah protects, and Cthulhu
> thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
> http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
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> -------------------------------------------------[/color]