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Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric

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"Denis McMahon" <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:54:55 -0500,  Cal Who wrote:
>
>> <input  type="text" value="60"  name="timeTotal" />
>
>> [can't use] document.ScrabbleStopWatch.timeTotal as a numeral.
>
> This refers to the field.
>
>> What am I doing  wrong??
>
> The string value of the field named "timeTotal" in the form named
> "ScrabbleStopWatch" might be read using:
>
> var strval = document.ScrabbleStopWatch.timeTotal.value;
Thanks, that did it!

>
> and to take this as a floatVal:
>
> numv = floatVal(document.ScrabbleStopWatch.timeTotal.value);
Is floatVal exactly the same as parseFloat?
I notice you used parseFloat below.

>
> But the more common way these days is to not use a form if you're not
> actually submitting the form data in a request, rather assign each field
> an id value and:
Do you neam - not use a <form> at all unless there is an element that causes 
a form submit like --- for example, what?
>
> document.getElementById("element_id").value = "a string value";
>
> var strval = document.getElementById("element_id").value;
>
> var intval = parseInt(document.getElementById("element_id").value);
>
> var floatval = parseFloat(document.getElementById("element_id").value);
>
> etc etc
>
> Rgds
>
> Denis McMahon

Thanks a lot 

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Cant use <input text as a numeric " Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM@roadrunner.com> - 2012-02-24 14:32 -0500
  Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric " Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM@roadrunner.com> - 2012-02-24 16:54 -0500
    Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-02-24 22:34 +0000
      Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric " Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM@roadrunner.com> - 2012-02-24 17:48 -0500
        Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-25 00:33 +0100
          Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric " Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM@roadrunner.com> - 2012-02-24 20:14 -0500
            Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-02-25 08:51 +0000
              Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric " Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM@roadrunner.com> - 2012-02-25 09:25 -0500
              Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-27 13:49 -0800
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-02-27 22:06 +0000
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-27 17:00 -0800
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 10:46 +0000
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-28 12:45 -0800
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-02-28 23:33 +0000
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-28 17:04 -0800
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-02-29 09:11 +0000
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-29 14:07 -0800
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-02-29 22:23 +0000
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-29 16:04 -0800
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2012-02-28 01:58 +0100
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-02-27 21:31 -0800
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Dr J R Stockton <reply1209@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 21:41 +0000
                Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Dr J R Stockton <reply1209@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 20:52 +0000
            Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-25 13:12 +0100
        Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 04:36 +0000
          Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric " Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM@roadrunner.com> - 2012-02-25 09:13 -0500
        Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-02-25 04:41 +0000
          Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-25 13:13 +0100
            Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric " Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM@roadrunner.com> - 2012-02-25 09:17 -0500
              [OT] Quoting style (was: Cant use <input text as a numeric) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-27 17:52 +0100
          Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric " Cal Who" <CalWhoNOSPAM@roadrunner.com> - 2012-02-25 09:15 -0500
      Re: Cant use <input text as a numeric Dr J R Stockton <reply1208@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-02-25 21:00 +0000

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