var code line stopping the rest code from printing hello world

**vinpkl** · 09-11-2016, 09:23 AM

hi

if i comment or remove the line

Code:

var pp = document.pform.name.value;

then the below code prints "hello world" 10 times.

but if i uncomment that line, then the code prints nothing

why is that line stopping the code from working.

no error is seen in firefox console.

vineet

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pp = document.pform.name.value;
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
	document.write("Hello World <br>");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post" name="pform" id="pform">
<input type="text" name="name" id="uniqueID" value=""/>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

**styxlawyer** · 09-11-2016, 11:05 AM

Two problems. Firstly, that line should be:

Code:

var pp = document.getElementById("pform").getAttribute("name");

... and secondly the JavaScript should be after the declaration of the element you are looking for so that it is not executed until the document has finished loading. Also it helps debugging if you print out the value of the variable you have recovered.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post" name="pform" id="pform">
<input type="text" name="name" id="uniqueID" value=""/>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pp = document.getElementById("pform").getAttribute("name");
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
	document.write("Hello World "+pp+"<br>");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

**vinpkl** · 09-11-2016, 02:03 PM

hi styxlawyer

i tried to get value with your getElementById method

but it didnt worked with my function

please see the below code i have commented the getElementById and used my old syntex line

there are 2 problems here :

if i use getElementbyID then i dont get the value and function doesnt print anything.

secondly the forloop prints "hello world" according to numeric number entered in input field but the browser doesnt stop processing

try to enter "5" as numeric number in the input field.

after printing hello world 5 times the browser keeps processing (see screenshot)

what am i doing wrong ??

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post" name="pform" id="pform" onsubmit="myfunc()">
<input type="text" name="name" id="uniqueID" value=""/>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
function myfunc()
{
//var pp = document.getElementById("pform").getAttribute("name").value;
var pp = document.pform.name.value;
if(pp > 0)
	{
		//alert(pp);
		for(i=0;i<=pp;i++)
		{
		document.write("Hello World <br>");
			
			if(i === pp){ break; }
		}
	}
}	
</script>
</body>
</html>

here is the screenshot of browser keep processing after forloop stops printing

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**styxlawyer** · 09-11-2016, 02:30 PM

The code I posted was tested locally on my laptop and worked perfectly. You have changed several parts of it, so go back to the origin listing and try again. Furthermore, the variable 'pp' is a string so using it in a test in a 'for' loop is meaningless:

Code:

for(i=0;i<=pp;i++)

**vinpkl** · 09-11-2016, 02:35 PM

hi styxlawyer

i didnt understood

how is it a string ??

if a person is entering a number value such as 1 2 3 4 5 ??

and

how should i make it a integer

vineet

**jscheuer1** · 09-11-2016, 02:44 PM

The form hasn't been parsed yet when you try to get a value from it. Put the script after the form or fire it on load or on document ready:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post" name="pform" id="pform">
<input type="text" name="name" id="uniqueID" value=""/>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pp = document.pform.name.value;
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
	document.write("Hello World <br>");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

**vinpkl** · 09-11-2016, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by jscheuer1

The form hasn't been parsed yet when you try to get a value from it. Put the script after the form or fire it on load or on document ready:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post" name="pform" id="pform">
<input type="text" name="name" id="uniqueID" value=""/>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var pp = document.pform.name.value;
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
	document.write("Hello World <br>");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

hi john

my script is already after the form.

see my post number 3

now the problem is how to run forloop according to input numeric value

thanks
vineet

**jscheuer1** · 09-11-2016, 03:08 PM

He's right about it being a string. All form values are strings. You can covert it to a number (assuming it's a string version of a number) various ways. The easiest is by giving it a sign:

Code:

var pp = +document.pform.name.value;
if(pp > 0)
	{
		//alert(pp);
		for(i=0;i<=pp;i++)
		{
		document.write("Hello World <br>");
			
			if(i === pp){ break; }
		}
	}

Again, this will only work if it is a number represented as a string (will also work if it really is a number, but as a form value, as I say it is by default a string). Often we test these values first to determine they are not isNaN (is not a number) before proceeding. You might have to go:

Code:

var pp = document.pform.name.value;
pp = +pp;

**vinpkl** · 09-11-2016, 03:18 PM

hi john

my below code prints "hello world" according to the input number

if you will enter 4 in input box then "hello world" will be printed 5 times

but the page doesnt stop processing

why it keeps on processing even after hello world has been printed 5 times

see the screenshot

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Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="post" name="pform" id="pform" onsubmit="myfunc()">
<input type="text" name="name" id="uniqueID" value=""/>
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
function myfunc()
{
//var pp = document.getElementById("pform").getAttribute("name").value;
var pp = +document.pform.name.value;
if(pp > 0)
	{
		//alert(pp);
		for(i=0;i<=pp;i++)
		{
		document.write("Hello World <br>");
			
			if(i === pp){ break; }
		}
	}
}	
</script>
</body>
</html>

**styxlawyer** · 09-11-2016, 04:22 PM

OK, so we went up a blind alley because you didn't explain what it was you were trying to do in the first post. I had assumed you were trying to retrieve the name of the form which was incorrect.

You are seeing an extra "Hello World" because of this line:

Code:

for(i=0;i<=pp;i++)

which should be either:

Code:

for(i=0;i<pp;i++)

or

Code:

for(i=1;i<=pp;i++)

When I run this page on my browser it stops processing after the form has loaded.

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