substring function call

[mikemcs]

I have anywhere from 4 - 10 text edits on my form. Each text edits name start with lot then I add on the back of the name a value according to a field in a database. I want to call a function called validlot and send this textbox name to it. How can I rewrite this statement below to grab any textbox that starts with the letters lot?

if (!validlot(theForm.lot*****,"Qty",true))
return false;

[dcrombie]

This should help you get started - I think the syntax is right. All you need then is a regex or string.indexOf to work out which elements need validating.

for (var x in theForm.elements) { 
 alert (theForm.elements[x].name); 
}