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chris.tkd	26 Jun, 2008 - 03:07 AM Post #1
D.I.C Head Joined: 26 Sep, 2006 Posts: 55 Dream Kudos: 25 My Contributions	Hi, I was wondering how to correctly check for an empty form field, my code at the minute checks if the field is null, contains "" or " " and counts that as empty CODE var inputs=document.getElementsByName("emailInputs"); for(var i=0; i<inputs.length; i++) { if(inputs[i].value!='' \|\| inputs[i].value!=' ' \|\| inputs[i].value!=null) { console.debug("VALUE IS NOT BLANK"); } } The forms are always empty and it still prints out the VALUE IS NOT BLANK text. When i print out the value of the forms using console.debug it shows the value as nothing. I could probably check the length of the input text but i just want to know whats wrong with the above code if anyone has any ideas? Thanks Chris,
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BetaWar	26 Jun, 2008 - 01:10 PM Post #2
#include <soul.h> Joined: 7 Sep, 2006 Posts: 1,569 Thanked 62 times Dream Kudos: 975 My Contributions	Right now your code will always print out that is it a Blank Value. This is because of what you are using for your if statement: CODE if(inputs[i].value!='' \|\| inputs[i].value!=' ' \|\| inputs[i].value!=null) { console.debug("VALUE IS NOT BLANK"); } Which says that if the inpyut value is NOT equal to '' (nothing) OR is NOT equal to " " (a space) Or is NOT equal to null it should output Value Is Not Blank. WHat you need to do is use a check something like so: CODE if(inputs[i].value == '' \|\| inputs[i].value == ' ' \|\| inputs[i].value == null) { console.debug("VALUE IS NOT BLANK"); } Which I believe will check for what you are wanting.
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