Haha...just came to outlook to reply that I figured it out, and your response was what I had figured out. Its all working sweet now.
Thanks, Jeremy -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Chuah Sent: 20 October 2006 11:17 To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Cleaver javascript person/s help needed I prefer not to use the // syntax for creating regular expressions. Use this instead: new RegExp ('Jeremy', 'i') In any case, you don't need a regular expression, try passing the string, 'Jeremy' and I it should work. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Coulter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 10:27 AM Subject: RE: [DUG-Offtopic] Cleaver javascript person/s help needed > Thanks Dennis, I took a look and found a couple of examples, and have it > working TO a point. What I really want to do is, call a function that lets > me pass the regular expression , but not sure hwo to do this. Ok, that’s a > bit broad, what I have done is this :- > > ************************************************************* > <script type="javascript"> > > function changeit(svalue) > { > var str=document.form1.msg.value; > document.form1.msg.value = str.replace(svalue, ''); > } > </script> > > > Then on the control I go :- > > onclick="changit('/Jeremy/i');" > ************************************************************* > > This would replace Jeremy with an empty string. But this doesn’t work, and > I > suspect its because of the way I am passing the regular expression. > Can you tell me where I am going wrong? > > Thanks Jeremy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dennis Chuah > Sent: 20 October 2006 06:56 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Cleaver javascript person/s help needed > > > 2 scenarios: > > 1. If the textarea is read only (i.e., the user is not able to key in > text), instead of removing the value, why don't the function recalculates > what needs to be in the textarea and replace the whole value. > > 2. If the textarea is not read-only, use regular expression to find the > text and remove it. Use the replace method in javascript string - look it > up on MSDN online. Depending on your circumstances, you may be able to > get > away with not using regular expressions. The replace method can work with > both regular expressions or simple string replacement. > > Dennis. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremy Coulter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:59 PM > > >> Hi All. >> I am Just doing a webbased tool at the moment that I need some javascript >> help with. >> >> Basically what I want to do is this :- >> >> Have a series of tick boxes, each with a value assigned to them, say "I >> am > >> a >> test" >> I want to add this text to a TextArea if its checked.....which I can do >> now, >> BUT heres the thing, IF I decided to uncheck the tickbox, I need the >> value >> added, in this case "I am a test" removed from the TextArea.....BTW, >> there >> would/could be other text in the TextArea that would need to stay there. >> >> Is this hard to do? is it a quick thing to do? can someone assist? >> >> >> Thanks, Jeremy >> >> -- >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.5/483 - Release Date: >> 18/10/2006 >> >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > >> _______________________________________________ >> Offtopic mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic >> > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.5/483 - Release Date: 18/10/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.7/488 - Release Date: 19/10/2006 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Offtopic mailing list > [email protected] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic > _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.7/488 - Release Date: 19/10/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.7/488 - Release Date: 19/10/2006 _______________________________________________ Offtopic mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic
