[Javascript] Variable in Object

[Peter-Paul Koch]

> var icd9 = '123.12';
>
> This works.
>
> window.opener.document.invoice.diagnosis_0.value = icd9;
>
> This doesn't:
>
> var element = 'diagnosis_0';
>
> window.opener.document.invoice.element.value = icd9;
>
> I've tried a constructor and an eval and I can't get the variable into the
> object. How do I insert a variable name into the object?

window.opener.document.invoice[element].value = icd9;

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