[thelist] javascript var question

[Tab Alleman]

Pretty sure you can't assign a variable to a property of an object.   You might try something like this, however:

 var o = document.getElementById("myinput");
 o.value = "my text";

OR maybe you'd achieve your desired goal by something like:

var o = "my text";
...
document.getElementById("myinput").value = o;

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> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Brian Cummiskey
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> Why does this work:
> 
> document.getElementById("myinput").value = "my text";
> 
> 
> 
> But this doesn't:
> 
> var o = document.getElementById("myinput").value;
> o = "my text";
> 
> 
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