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todd2006 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 01:19 PM

Hi,

I have a textbox so if someone types Cars i want to abr it to CR, If someone types financial i want to FCR

so here is my code

Code:

var getabrdata=document.frm1.abrfield.value;

getabrdata=getabrdata.replace("Cars", "CR");
getabrdata=getabrdata.replace("financial", "FCR");

but its not working can someone tell me what i am doing wrong

todd

jmurrayhead · #2 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 01:29 PM

Please be more descriptive when you say, "it doesn't work".

Anyway, have a look at W3Schools here: JavaScript replace() Method

There are a few things you need to look into:

Is there more than one instance? If so, a Global search will need to be performed
Should it be case sensitive? Case insensitive? There's a different way to handle these situations

The link I provided should help you.

todd2006 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 01:32 PM

what i meant was i have the code on keyup event so when i type in textbox and i type Cars it doesnt change to CR in my span tag when i display what was typed in the textbox

i had tried it with commas and without commas before i posted here but it didnt work

jmurrayhead · #4 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 01:40 PM

The code that you gave shows you assigning the value of the text to the variable, but it does not show you assigning the variable's new value (after the replace) back to the textbox. So that's probably your problem.

todd2006 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-07-2008, 03:33 PM

hi,

I have it like this

Code:

var getabrdata=document.frm1.abrfield.value;

getabrdata=getabrdata.replace("Cars", "CR");
getabrdata=getabrdata.replace("financial", "FCR");

document.getElementById('display').innerHTML=getabrdata;

any idea

todd

jmurrayhead · #6 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 08:00 AM

Post the HTML that goes with this, specifically the code and the 'display' element.

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