Adding Text Into Textbox with JavaScript

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Originally Posted by osirix

Sorry if i sound stupid but is it possible to pass a JS variable into the
text value

e.g. var new ="somethign";
<a href="javascript:insertText(' var new ' ,'user_location');" onClick="void(0)">Insert 'Hello'</a>

so when you click it

somethign will be displayed in the box instead of the var new text being displayed

i want to out put the contents of the variable not the name of it
thanks in advance

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Code:

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<script type="text/javascript">
var newtext = "something";
</script>

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HTML Code:

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<a href="#" onclick="insertText(newtext ,'user_location'); return false;">Insert Something</a>

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