[SOLVED] array string operation/syntax help

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var options = new Array ("option1","option2", "option3","option4","option5", "option6","option7","option8","option9","option10");
  for(var i=0; i<10; i++)
  { if(form.[b]options[i][/b].value == "")
    { ecount++;
    }
  }

 

The above code is javascript.

 

I have 10 input types with the names option1 to option10 which i generated using a for loop with PHP.

My problem is that this part of my code is not working the way it should and the problem is the bold part. I want the for loop to generate those strings in the array in place of "options[i ]". but it doesnt seem to be proper syntax. i am new to js but have done C programming.

 

If i test form.option1.value= "" it works perfectly. But i dont want to do that for all ten options and i am curious about why this doesnt work.

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if you have ids in your input

<input type="text" name="option1" id="option1" .....

 

You can use the document.getElementById()

...
if(document.getElementById(options[i]).value == "")
....

 

If not, use the eval() function

...
if (eval("form."+options[i]+".value") == "")
....

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ooo thank you so much. yes it works now!