Passing Array Names

Passing Array Names Variable

[malckam]

I am trying to get the piece of JScript below to run but having checked out numerous references I still cannot sort it out.

function fiddle()
{
var atlas= new Array("Physical World"," "," "," ","K2")
var secno = window.document.form1.Book_Label.selectedIndex;
var secna = window.document.form1.Book_Label.options(secno).value;
alert (secna);
alert (secna[0]);
}

The variable secna is successfully set to "atlas" (from the drop down list that calls the function), but then alert (secna[0]) is returned as undefined.

[korkus2000]

Have you tried

var secna = window.document.form1.Book_Label.options[secno].value;

I always thought drop downs needed the square brackets, because essentially javascript treates them as arrays.

[malckam]

Hi Korkus,

Thanks, pretty sure I had [] around it but will check. Have managed to do it in a different way so I will
have to dig out the original versions.

Thanks again
Malc

[RossWal]

This is probably water under the bridge by now. But it looks like the [] in the alert is the culprit. I don't think secna is an array, is it?

Ross