Not retrieving variable via javascript

Discussion in 'JavaScript' started by michaelh613, Nov 23, 2007.

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    I have a form and I am using javascript to retrieve the category, subcategory and state. For some reason I am pullint the state and category correctly but get the error messag in firebug of subcategorySelect has no properties

    
var categorySelect = document.getElementById('category')
var subcategorySelect = document.getElementById('subcategory')
var stateSelect = document.getElementById('state')
var state = stateSelect.options[stateSelect.selectedIndex].value
var category = categorySelect.options[categorySelect.selectedIndex].value   
var subcategory = subcategorySelect.options[subcategorySelect.selectedIndex].value
    Code (markup):

     
    michaelh613, Nov 23, 2007 IP
  2. Logic Ali

    Logic Ali Well-Known Member

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    Those messages mean exactly what they say, but without seeing the form it's not possible to locate the exact cause.
     
    Logic Ali, Nov 23, 2007 IP
  3. joebert

    joebert Well-Known Member

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    Make sure the id of the actual <select> element is "subcategory".
    It looks like there's a typo in the value used as the elements' id at first glance.
     
    joebert, Nov 23, 2007 IP