setting a variable for input

[zang8027]

is there a way to set a variable inside html quotes?

 

<form onsubmit="validateIt()">
I want like <input type='text' name='amount_1' value='javascript variable' />

 

and on submit of the form, i want to set that variable in a function

 

function validateIt()
{
var quan= document.getElementById('fname');
var amount = document.getElementByName('amount_1');
var howMany = document.getElementByName('quantity_1');

if(quan.value>=0)
{
if(quan.value<=1000)
{
	amount.value="0.19";
	howMany.value=quan.value;

}
} 

if(quan.value>=1001)
{
if(quan.value<=5000)
{
	amount.value="0.18";
	howMany.value=quan.value;

}
} 

if(quan.value>=5001)
{
if(quan.value<=10000)
{
	amount.value="0.17";
	howMany.value=quan.value;

}
}
}
</script>

 

 

[zang8027]

forgot to mention "quan" is the input box i have and the if statement works..

[Psycho]

Why do you need to set the value between the quote marks? You could only do that during the page load with a write() command. Makes much more sense to just set the value of the object as your function is doing above. Is that function not working? In any event it is inefficient.

 

function validateIt()
{
    var quan= document.getElementById('fname');
    var amount = document.getElementByName('amount_1');
    var howMany = document.getElementByName('quantity_1');

    if(quan.value>=0 && quan.value<=1000)
    {
        amount.value="0.19";
        howMany.value=quan.value;
    } 
    else if(quan.value>1000 && quan.value<=5000)
    {
        amount.value="0.18";
        howMany.value=quan.value;
    } 
    else if(quan.value>5000 && quan.value<=10000)
    {
        amount.value="0.17";
        howMany.value=quan.value;
    }
}