Posted by Mike Ford on 04/12/05 22:39

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Lynch
> To: Marek Kilimajer
>
> On Sun, April 10, 2005 4:32 pm, Marek Kilimajer said:
> > Assuming your form is named "Selection", you will have a javascript
> > array document.forms['Selection'].elements['distID[]'] available. You
> > can try:
> >
> > alert(document.forms['Selection'].elements['distID[]'][0].value);
>
> I can GUARANTEE this will *NOT* work.
>
> You *CANNOT* use [] as part of a 'name' in JavaScript.

That's completely untrue -- I've done it many times with complete success.
The above can even be written more concisely as

alert(document['Selection']['distID[]'][0].value);

Cheers!

Mike


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