html form in javascript variable

[mirek]

Hi,
My problem is:
I have javascript variable like this:

var variable = "<form name='formABC' method='POST'>"+
"<input type='text' id='nameABC'>"+
... <form>";
How can I get nameABC and put it into some other variable without
reloading a browser?
Thanks

[Martin Honnen]

mirek wrote:

What is it exactly that you want to read out? The id attribute value of
the first input element in the form?

That could be done as follows:

var variable = "<form name='formABC' method='POST'>"+
"<input type='text' id='nameABC'>"+

"</form>";

var div = document.createElement('div');
div.innerHTML = variable;

var input =
div.getElementsByTagName('form')[0].getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
if (input != null) {
alert(input.id);
}

--

Martin Honnen
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[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Martin Honnen wrote:

> What is it exactly that you want to read out? The id attribute value of
> the first input element in the form?
>
> That could be done as follows:
>
> var variable = "<form name='formABC' method='POST'>"+
> "<input type='text' id='nameABC'>"+
> "</form>";
>
> var div = document.createElement('div');
> div.innerHTML = variable;
>
> var input =
> div.getElementsByTagName('form')[0].getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
> if (input != null) {
> alert(input.id);
> }

Given a Valid document, that is unnecessarily complicated and error-prone.
(You know better than that.)

window.alert(document.forms["formABC"].elements["nameABC"].id);

or

window.alert(document.getElementById("nameABC").id);

Not that the latter reference worm is recommended, though. All return
values should be tested before being used.

PointedEars
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-- Bjoern Hoehrmann

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> Martin Honnen wrote:
>> What is it exactly that you want to read out? The id attribute value of
>> the first input element in the form?
>>
>> That could be done as follows:
>>
>> var variable = "<form name='formABC' method='POST'>"+
>> "<input type='text' id='nameABC'>"+
>> "</form>";
>>
>> var div = document.createElement('div');
>> div.innerHTML = variable;
>>
>> var input =
>> div.getElementsByTagName('form')[0].getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
>> if (input != null) {
>> alert(input.id);
>> }
>
> Given a Valid document, that is unnecessarily complicated and error-prone.
> (You know better than that.)
>
> window.alert(document.forms["formABC"].elements["nameABC"].id);
>
> or
>
> window.alert(document.getElementById("nameABC").id);
>
> Not that the latter reference worm is recommended, though. All return
> values should be tested before being used.

Sorry, I have misunderstood your answer. OP: Use my answer as a solution if
you want to find out the value of the contro instead.

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when you had very little chance of reading a document written on another
computer, another word processor, or another network. -- Tim Berners-Lee

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

mirek wrote:

> On 13 Lis, 19:26, Martin Honnen <mahotr...@yahoo.de> wrote:
>> What is it exactly that you want to read out? The id attribute value of
>> the first input element in the form?
>>
>> That could be done as follows:
>>
>> var variable = "<form name='formABC' method='POST'>"+
>> "<input type='text' id='nameABC'>"+
>> "</form>";
>>
>> var div = document.createElement('div');
>> div.innerHTML = variable;
>>
>> var input =
>> div.getElementsByTagName('form')[0].getElementsByTagName('input')[0];
>> if (input != null) {
>> alert(input.id);
>>
>> }

>> [...]
>
> Thank U very much. InnerHtml is the answer 4 my question :)

You mistyped "the cause of my future problems" only slightly.

This is not an Internet chat. And trim your quotes.

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