[SOLVED] Simple OR operator question.

[Ty44ler]

I'm trying to not allow my users to enter in n/a in my form ex... "N/A" "n/A" "na"

 

My code trips the alert every time no matter what is entered in the cell... Why is it doing that?

 

function appliance() {
if (document.ComplianceForm.Appliance.value=="n/a" || "N/A" || "n/A" || "N/a") {
alert("You cannot enter any variation of n/a in this cell.")
}
else {
return false;
}; 
}

[rajivgonsalves]

you have to compare the field with each value like the following the reason its not working because a string returns true if ("N/A") will return true

 

function appliance() {
    var appliance_value = document.ComplianceForm.Appliance.value;
    if (appliance_value=="n/a" || appliance_value == "N/A" || appliance_value == "n/A" || appliance_value == "N/a") {
      alert("You cannot enter any variation of n/a in this cell.")
    }
    else {
      return false;
    }
}

[Ty44ler]

ahh thank you so much! I knew it was something simple. Thanks again!