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<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Correct me if I'm wrong but the line</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face=Garamond color=#000000 size=3>var sport, times= prompt("Which sport like to
do best, skiing, skydiving, basketball, or football?", "Please choose one from
the list") <BR>prompt("How often do you do this, daily, weekly, or monthly?",
"Please choose one from the list") </FONT><BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It's
is only variable times that gets an value, is it not !?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>And
then later on</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><FONT
face=Garamond color=#000000 size=3>switch(sport, times){
</FONT><BR></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>according to Netscapes Javscript language guide the syntax is
switch(expression) and an expression is explained:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>"</FONT><A name=1008309>An <I>expression</I> is any valid set of
literals, variables, operators, and expressions that evaluates to a single
value; the value can be a number, a string, or a logical value.</A><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>A
single value that is, so ... your switchstatement cannot work, if I understand
the manual correctly that is.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Regards</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=109500919-24012002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Mikael</FONT></DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> javascript-admin@LaTech.edu
[mailto:javascript-admin@LaTech.edu]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Sherwithme1@cs.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 24, 2002 7:52
PM<BR><B>To:</B> javascript@LaTech.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Javascript] Help
please<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face=Garamond size=3 FAMILY="SERIF">Could you tell what I am doing wrong? I
want both variables to be evaluated using the switch statement. Why is it not
working? <BR><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01
Transitional//EN"> <BR><BR><html> <BR><head>
<BR><title>Switch</title> <BR><div align = "center">
<BR></head> <BR><body> <BR><script language = "JavaScript1.2"
type = "text/javascript"> <BR>var sport, times= prompt("Which sport like to
do best, skiing, skydiving, basketball, or football?", "Please choose one from
the list") <BR>prompt("How often do you do this, daily, weekly, or monthly?",
"Please choose one from the list") <BR>switch(sport, times){ <BR><BR>case
"skiing" && "daily": <BR>document.write("You choose to ski daily");
<BR>break; <BR>case "skiing" && "weekly": <BR>document.write("You
choose to ski weekly"); <BR>break; <BR>case "skiing" && "monthly":
<BR>document.write("You choose to ski monthly"); <BR>break;
<BR>case"skydiving" && "daily": <BR>document.write("You choose to go
skydiving daily"); <BR>break; <BR>case"skydiving" && "weekly":
<BR>document.write("You choose to go skydiving weekly"); <BR>break;
<BR>case"skydiving" && "monthly": <BR>document.write("You choose to go
skydiving monthly"); <BR>break; <BR>case"basketball" && "daily":
<BR>document.write("You choose to play basketball daily"); <BR>break;
<BR>case"basketball" && "weekly": <BR>document.write("You choose to
play basketball weekly"); <BR>break; <BR>case"basketball" &&
"monthly": <BR>document.write("You choose to play basketball monthly");
<BR>break; <BR>case"football" && "daily": <BR>document.write("You
choose to play football daily"); <BR>break; <BR>case"football" &&
"weekly": <BR>document.write("You choose to play football weekly"); <BR>break;
<BR>case"football" && "monthly": <BR>document.write("You choose to
play football monthly"); <BR>break; <BR>default: <BR>document.write("You didnt
answer the questions!"); <BR>break; <BR>} <BR><BR><BR></script>
<BR></div> <BR></body> <BR></html> <BR>Thanks for your help
<BR>Totally confused <BR>Sheryl</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>