new, and struggling

[cspgsl]

As the title says I'm having a time getting started in javascript.

I want to do something simple. I have two text boxes and want to calculate the value of the two entries with a function but I just can't grasp the concept of extracting values from two text boxes.
Any help will be appreciated.

Enter this week's total hours <input name="hours" type="text"><br />
Enter the hourly rate of pay <input name="rate" type="text"><br />
<input name="submit" type="button" value="Calculate Gross Pay" onClick="calcPay(form..hours.value)">
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
function calcPay (total) {
    document.write (total);
}
</script>
 

[ronverdonk]

If you want an answer, you better show teh code you've got. It would be helpful when you showed the complete form, especially your <form...> statement because that is used to acquire the input variables.

Ronald :cool: