Making a function from onload event

[ldixon789]

I'm trying to convert an on load event into a function. I think this
should be really simple, but I'm new to Javascript. The following
works fine as the page loads

var favorite = GetCookie('DemoName');

if (favorite > '1')
{
window.location.href = 'page2.htm';
}
else
{
alert('You must complete the lesson before proceeding');
}

I have tried to make it into a function by adding
function CookieRedirect() {
at the top and a closing } at the end, and calling it using a form
button in the body:
<INPUT TYPE="button" VALUE="Redirect" onClick="CookieRedirect ()">-
but no luck.

Any help much appreciated, Laura

[Evertjan.]

ld*******@yahoo.co.uk wrote on 16 jun 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

var favorite = GetCookie('DemoName');

if (favorite > '1')

alert(2<09) // true [numerical compare]

alert('2'<'09') // false [ascii string compare]

?

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[ldixon789]

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ld*******@yahoo.co.uk wrote on 16 jun 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

var favorite = GetCookie('DemoName');

if (favorite > '1')

alert(2<09) // true [numerical compare]

alert('2'<'09') // false [ascii string compare]

?

Thanks very much that helped.

I have a related problem when setting the cookie. I only want to set
the cookie if the cookie value is less than a form field value. It
works fine up to number 9, but judges 10 as less than 2! I think it is
doing an ascii string compare rather than a numerical compare. The
code I'm using is:

function SetTheCookie()
{
var favourite2 = GetCookie('PageNumber');
if(document.forms[0].elements[0].value > favourite2)
{
var expdate = new Date ();
expdate.setTime(expdate.getTime() + (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 *
365));
SetCookie('PageNumber', document.forms[0].elements[0].value,
expdate);
return false;
}
}

Thanks again,
Laura

[Evertjan.]

ld*******@yahoo.co.uk wrote on 18 jun 2004 in comp.lang.javascript:

I have a related problem when setting the cookie.
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I only want to set
the cookie if the cookie value is less than a form field value. It
works fine up to number 9, but judges 10 as less than 2! I think it is
doing an ascii string compare rather than a numerical compare. The
code I'm using is:

function SetTheCookie()
{
var favourite2 = GetCookie('PageNumber');
if(document.forms[0].elements[0].value > favourite2)
{
var expdate = new Date ();
expdate.setTime(expdate.getTime() + (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 *
365));
SetCookie('PageNumber', document.forms[0].elements[0].value,
expdate);
return false;
}
}
SetCookie(
and
GetCookie(

They are unknown javascript functions

Again you probably are comparing strings, which is only useful if you
want to sort a series of strings.

I hope to understand now the why of thre difference I wrote about in:
alert(2<09) // true [numerical compare]

alert('2'<'09') // false [ascii string compare]

To convert a string to a number, you can but a unary + or 1* in front of
it.

myString = '0123'
myNumber = +myString // will contain the number 123

So how would you change the below code code?:

<form><input value='0009'></form>
<script ...
var JamesBond = '007'
if(document.forms[0].elements[0].value > JamesBond ) alert("yes")
</ ...

Please do not try to write complex code. First check the individual
formulas in a temporary html, like I did in the above alerting example.

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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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