cant get getElementById() to work

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i am trying to create a form like this

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 <html>

<head>
 
<script type="text/javascript">
 
function setValue(id,set)

{

document.myform.getElementById(id).value = set;

}
 
</script>

</head>

<body>

<form name="myform" action="button_submit.php" method="post"> 
 
<input type="button" onclick="setValue('qu1','1')" value="set to 1" />

<input type="button" onclick="setValue('qu1','2')" value="set to 2" />

<input type="button" onclick="setValue('qu1','3')" value="set to 3" />

<input type="button" onclick="setValue('qu1','4')" value="set to 4" />

<input type="button" onclick="setValue('qu1','5')" value="set to 5" />

<input type="button" onclick="setValue('qu1','6')" value="set to 6" />
 
<input type="hidden" id="qu1" name="q1" value="0" />
 
<input type="submit" value="submit" />
 
</form>
 
</body>

</html>

though it doesnt work for me. if i replace the getElementById() with the name of the element i will work but that is not what i want because i want one function to do the duplicates of this form.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jul 14 '09 #1

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try:

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document.getElementById(id).value = set

since getElementById() is a method of the document-object.

kind regards

Jul 15 '09 #2

benshep

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thanks, that cleared up the problem. I had done the same thing before but its nice to know why.

cheers

Jul 15 '09 #3

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