naming a form element with a variable?

[libsfan01]

what am i doing wrong here, im trying to name a field to add a value
to in a form by use of a variable?

var field = 'content'; //field name is content
document.update.field.value = string;

 

[Randy Webb]

libsfan01 said the following on 7/23/2006 8:41 AM:

what am i doing wrong here, im trying to name a field to add a value
to in a form by use of a variable?

var field = 'content'; //field name is content
document.update.field.value = string;

document.forms['update'].elements[field].value