[thelist] finding a string in a string with javascript?
Jeffrey Barke
jeffrey.barke at themechanism.com
Fri Jun 29 15:57:41 CDT 2007
Jon,
Instead of string parsing, I would give the input a class named
"required." Then, using Prototype <http://prototypejs.org/>, I would
test for the existence of the class:
if (Element.hasClassName(inputs[i], 'required')) {
}
Jeffrey
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On Jun 29, 2007, at 4:45 PM, Jon Hughes wrote:
> I have the following:
>
> JavaScript:
>
> var inputs = form.getElementsByTagName("input");
> for ( var i=0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
> var title = inputs[i].title
> if ...
> }
>
> HTML:
>
> <label for="fname" id="lfname">First Name:</label>
> <input type="text" name="fname" id="fname" title="Please input your
> First Name (Required)" />
>
> I basically want this script to read the title of the input, and if it
> has "required" in it, to perform an action, and if it doesn't to
> ignore
> it and move on to the next in the array.
>
> I googled a bit, but couldn't find any elegant solutions...
>
> Anyone know a good way to do this?
>
> Thank You,
> - Jon Hughes
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