Code to retrieve values from a form?

[Dan06]

I'm new to Javascript. I was trying to retrieve values from a form and I used the following code.

var x = document.form['formName'].element['fieldName'].value;

 

That didn't work, so I tried another way; I used the code below.

var x = document.getElementById('formName').fieldName.value; 

This code worked.

 

Can someone tell me where I went wrong with the first attempt/code? Thanks.

[KevinM1]

Your first line should be:

 

var x = document.forms['formName'].elements['fieldName'].value;

 

Notice the 's' at the end of 'forms' and 'elements'.

[Dan06]

I can't believe I missed the "s"... thanks for the help.