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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> writes:

> Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>
>> super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> writes:
>>> <script language="JavaScript">
>
> Invalid, thrice.  Automatically killfiled because of the second.
>
>>> <!-- Begin
>
> Nonsense.
>
>>> var msg = new Array();
>
> The right-hand side is deprecated in favor of “[]”.
>
>>> Stamp = new Date();
>
> Undeclared variable (“var” or “const” missing), unwise identifier (is not a 
> constructor).
>
> Use JSHint.
>
>>> today = Stamp.getDate();
>
> Date.prototype.getDate() returns the number of the day of a month, not a 
> date string.
>
>>   function writeTip(msgs) {
>>       document.write(msgs[new Date().getDate()];
>>   }
>> 
>> and then call it with different arrays from two other script elements
>> (I'll show only one):
>> 
>>   <script language=JavaScript>
>>       writeTip([
>>          "dummy",
>>          "Happy first!",
>>          ...
>>          "All over for this month."
>>       ]);
>>   </script>
>> 
>> No doubt I have lots of typos since this has not been machine checked.
>
> More than that, your code, if obvious syntax errors are corrected,

Are you counting the "..."?  (I would not be surprised!)  Otherwise I
see only one.

> simply 
> would not do what you think it does.

How on Earth do you know that?  Obviously I'm guessing a bit about what
the OP wants, but it does what I want!

> Also, the HTML is still invalid.

Of course.  What possible value could there be in my adding the missing
title element to the OP's HTML?

> <http://validator.w3.org/>
>  
>
> Head shaking,

How pompous can you be?

-- 
Ben.