[thelist] RE: DHTML questions...

[JTocher]

Thanks for the insight, Ben!

This looks understandable even for a javascript newbie like me! I'll give
this one a whirl!

This - in combination with re-writing the div tag might just be the ticket I
need.


Janice



on 11/15/01 4:48 PM, you wrote:

> I think the unstated problem here is to what the variables are returned
> by the function. You can't return more than one value to a variable,
> unless it's an object. This code snippet shows a way to do so:
> 
> var getTheLoc = new Object();
> 
> getTheLoc.top_loc = 10;
> getTheLoc.left_loc = 20;
> 
> alert("top_loc: " + getTheLoc.top_loc + " left_loc: " +
> getTheLoc.left_loc);
> 
> function locateBox(top_loc, left_loc) {
> var theLoc = new Object();
> theLoc.top_loc = top_loc;
> theLoc.left_loc = left_loc;
> return theLoc;
> }
> 
> getTheLoc = locateBox(40,60);
> 
> alert("top_loc: " + getTheLoc.top_loc + " left_loc: " +
> getTheLoc.left_loc);