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Change value of variable

         

rogerelaine

1:29 pm on Dec 28, 2009 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Question:
How do I change the value of a variable using onmouseover.
example:
var x =5; change value to 7

rocknbil

6:31 pm on Dec 28, 2009 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Welcome aboard rogerelaine, you need a variable that is global in the document, like


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01
Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Untitled</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var myVar = 0;
function testVar() {
alert('myVar value is ' + myVar);
return false;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p><a href="test.html" onMouseOver="myVar=5;">Change to 5</a></p>
<p><a href="test.html" onClick="return testVar();">Test the variable</p>
</body>
</html>

rogerelaine

5:09 pm on Dec 30, 2009 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Thanks for the help.