compare alphanumeric problem

[arnabprabhat]

[CODE=javascript]var a=document.getE lementById("cmb State3"); // some id
if(a=="cmbState 3"){
alert("Inside") ;
}
[/CODE]
// it is not working .not comparing ..... any solution plz............ ..

[vikas251074]

Hello,

Your question is not clear. Please be specific and say clear question.

Thanks and regards,
Vikas

[gits]

this line of your code:

[CODE=javascript]var a=document.getE lementById("cmb State3");[/CODE]
returns you a dom-node-reference (an object) to variable a in case the method finds the node in your doc ... otherwise a will be null ...

so you cannot compare a string with an object ... what do you really want to compare? any property or attribute of the node?

kind regards