There are a lot of extremely smart members here, so I thought if the knowledge is out there, this would be the place to tap into it. I have included the code below that I am working with. What I want is for a person to enter their name and room number and coffee preference. Then a cookie will store that information and tell them a cup will be sent to them at their room. When the page is loaded again their preference will be remembered and they will be offered a discount for their favorite coffee. This is part of a self taught book I am studying.

Most of it works, but I think the selection of coffee from the radio button is not being stored in the cookie, or at least I can not recall it. I was also wondering if there was some way that I could combine the makeCookie and welcome functions so that there would only be one button to click on the page.

Any ideas???

Code:
<html>

<head>
<title>Making a Cookie</title>
<script language="JavaScript">
function makeCookie(form){
	var when = new Date();
	when.setTime(when.getTime() + 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
					// 24 hours from now
	when.setFullYear(when.getFullYear() + 1);
					// One year from now

	yname=document.form1.yourname.value;
	ycup=document.form1.coffee.value;
	yroom=document.form1.yourroom.value;
	document.cookie=escape("name")+"="+escape(yname, ycup, yroom)+
		";expires="+when.toGMTString();

	alert(document.cookie);
}
function welcome(){
	you=document.form1.yourname.value;
	room=document.form1.yourroom.value;
	cup=document.form1.coffee.value;
	var position=document.cookie.indexOf("name=");
	if ( position != -1){
		var begin = position + 5;
		var end=document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
		if(end == -1){ end=document.cookie.length;}
		you= unescape(document.cookie.substring(begin, end));
		alert("Welcome " + you + ",\n\nwe will be sending a fresh cup of " + cup + "\n\nto you in room number " + room );
	}
	else{ alert("No cookies today");}
}

function seeDiscount(){
	you=document.form1.yourname.value;
	room=document.form1.yourroom.value;
	cup=document.form1.coffee.value;
	var position=document.cookie.indexOf("name=");

	if(document.cookie == ""){
	alert("No cookies  totay");
	return false;
}
else {
	if ( position != -1){
		var begin = position + 5;
		var end=document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);

		if(end == -1){ end=document.cookie.length;}
		you= unescape(document.cookie.substring(begin, end));
		alert("Welcome back " + you + ",\n\nGet a fresh cup of " + cup + " at 25% off today." );
	}
	else{ alert("No cookies today");}
}}

</script>
</head>

<body onLoad="seeDiscount()">

<h2>Room Service</h2>
<form name="form1">
	What is your name? <br>
	<input type="text" name="yourname" size="30">
	<p>What is your room number? <br>
	<input type="text" name="yourroom" size="3"> </p>
	<p>What kind of coffee would you like?</p>
	<p><input type="radio" name="coffee" value="Espresso">Espresso<br>
	<input type="radio" name="coffee" value="Cappucino">Cappucino<br>
	<input type="radio" name="coffee" value="Mocha">Mocha<br>
	</p>
	<p>
	<input type="button" value="Make cookie" onclick="makeCookie();">
	</p>
	<p><input type="button" value="Welcome (Get cookie)" onclick="welcome();">
	</p>
	<p></p>
</form>

</body>

</html>
CarolinaN