"Function expected" error in random movie/video script

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I've been fighting this problem all day but can't seem to get it to work no matter what I try. I would think it would be very simple, but...

rdmMovie.js
=========

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 <!-- Script Language="JavaScript" Type="text/javascript" -->

  // This JavaScript provides random movie links.

  <!--

  var rLink = new Array();

  rLink[0] = "myVideo01";

  rLink[1] = "myVideo02";
 
  var rVideo = Math.floor(Math.random() * rLink.length)

  var rVLink = "'http://my.site.com/videos/" + rLink[rVideo] + ".html'"
 
  function rdmVideo()

    {

      document.write(rVLink)

    }

  //-->

<!-- /Script -->

index.html
========
[HTML]<HTML>
<Head>
<Title>My Site</Title>
</Head>
<Body BGColor="Black" Link="SkyBlue" Text="White">
<Script Language="JavaScript" Src="rdmMovie.js" Type="text/javascript">
</Script>
<A Class="menulink"
onMouseOver="window.status='View random video'; return true"
onClick="window.status=''; return true"
onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true"
Style="Cursor: hand"
Target="_blank"
HRef="javascript:rdmVideo()">[Click here to view random video</A>
</Body>
</HTML>
[/HTML]
I'm encountering a script error in the index.html document that indicates a "Function expected".

Any insight as to what is going wrong and how to correct it would be greatly appreciated.

Jun 17 '06 #1

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ljwheeler

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I've been fighting this problem all day but can't seem to get it to work no matter what I try. I would think it would be very simple, but...

rdmMovie.js
===========

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 <!-- Script Language="JavaScript" Type="text/javascript" -->

// This JavaScript provides random movie links.

<!--

var rLink = new Array();

rLink[0] = "myVideo01";

rLink[1] = "myVideo02";
 
var rVideo = Math.floor(Math.random() * rLink.length)

var rVLink = "'http://my.site.com/videos/" + rLink[rVideo] + ".html'"
 
function rdmVideo()

{

document.write(rVLink)

}

//-->

<!-- /Script -->

index.html
==========
[HTML]<HTML>
<Head>
<Title>My Site</Title>
</Head>
<Body BGColor="Black" Link="SkyBlue" Text="White">
<Script Language="JavaScript" Src="rdmMovie.js" Type="text/javascript">
</Script>
<A Class="menulink"
onMouseOver="window.status='View random video'; return true"
onClick="window.status=''; return true"
onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true"
Style="Cursor: hand"
Target="_blank"
HRef="javascript:rdmVideo()">Click here to view random video</A>
</Body>
</HTML>[/HTML]

I'm encountering a script error in the index.html document that indicates a "Function expected".

Any insight as to what is going wrong and how to correct it would be greatly appreciated.

Jun 17 '06 #2

iam_clint

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THE JAVASCRIPT
 
<!-- Script Language="JavaScript" Type="text/javascript" -->

// This JavaScript provides random movie links.

<!--

function rdmVideo() {

    var rLink = new Array();

    rLink[0] = "myVideo01";

    rLink[1] = "myVideo02";

    var i = Math.floor(Math.random() * rLink.length);

    rvLink = "http://my.site.com/videos/" + rLink[i] + ".html";

    window.open(rvLink);

}

//-->

<!-- /Script -->
 
The HTML
 
<HTML>

<Head>

<Title>My Site</Title>

</Head>

<Body BGColor="Black" Link="SkyBlue" Text="White">

<Script Language="JavaScript" Src="rdmMovie.js" Type="text/javascript">

</Script>

<A href="javascript: void(0);" onClick="rdmVideo();" Style="Cursor: hand" target="_blank" id="link">Click here to view random video</A>

</Body>

</HTML>

Hope this helps you out. something i threw togethor for ya.

Jul 15 '06 #3

ljwheeler

New Member

Hey, thanks for the follow up. Your version looks pretty close to what I finally got working shortly after I placed my post. You can find it by going to my site at http://home.earthlink.net/~the.rocker/

You'll have to click on the initial index.html "banner" page to get to the actual page that shows my random movie link.

Thanks again!

Jul 16 '06 #4

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