trouble with indexof for form value

[Jeremy]

Hello,

I am trying to validate a form wherein someone will enter their first
and last name, fill out the form, then electronically "sign" at the
bottom. I want to confirm that the first and last names match in the
First & Last & Signature form fields. Here is the code I wrote, but
it doesn't work because indexof is supposed to be a string. What do I
need to do to fix this?

if (document.repForm.Signature.value.indexOf(First) == -1 ||
document.repForm. Signature.value.indexOf(Last) == "-1") {
alert("Signature does not match first and last name.");
document.repForm.Signature.focus();
return false;}


Thanks,

Jeremy

 

[Lee]

Jeremy said:

Hello,

I am trying to validate a form wherein someone will enter their first
and last name, fill out the form, then electronically "sign" at the
bottom. I want to confirm that the first and last names match in the
First & Last & Signature form fields. Here is the code I wrote, but
it doesn't work because indexof is supposed to be a string. What do I
need to do to fix this?

if (document.repForm.Signature.value.indexOf(First) == -1 ||
document.repForm. Signature.value.indexOf(Last) == "-1") {
alert("Signature does not match first and last name.");
document.repForm.Signature.focus();
return false;}

As you say, First and Last need to be strings, so simply
assign them the values of the First and Last form fields,
before you try to look for them in value of the Signature
field.

 

[Chris Riesbeck]

Hello,

I am trying to validate a form wherein someone will enter their first
and last name, fill out the form, then electronically "sign" at the
bottom. I want to confirm that the first and last names match in the
First & Last & Signature form fields. Here is the code I wrote, but
it doesn't work because indexof is supposed to be a string. What do I
need to do to fix this?

if (document.repForm.Signature.value.indexOf(First) == -1 ||
document.repForm. Signature.value.indexOf(Last) == "-1") {
alert("Signature does not match first and last name.");
document.repForm.Signature.focus();
return false;}

If First is a field, then you need to use document.repForm.First.value,
and ditto Last.