Subtle Javascript Bug

[Reelix]

This is the onclick event of a button on a form - Took awhile to figure out what was wrong ;P The checkform() function is irrelevant to the question.

onclick=" if ((document.getElementById('whereto').value) = 'rent') { void(document.getElementById('toRent').value='1'); } else { void(document.getElementById('toRent').value='0'); } checkform()"

-= Reelix =-

[Mike Holpuch]

Should it be if ((document.getElementById('whereto').value) == 'rent')?

[Reelix]

Correct :) I was wondering why the value was never altered - Spent about 30 minutes searching through the "checkform()" procedure (around 200 LoC) - Scrutinizing every line - Double and triple checking to see if maybe, just maybe I had done something wrong... /facepalm

-= Reelix =-

[MidwestLimey]

Which is why I tend to write it thus: 'rent' == (document.getElementById('whereto').value) Makes mistakes much more obvious.

10110011001111101010101000001000001101001010001010100000100000101000001000111100010110001011001011

[Reelix]

Hmm - Will try that in the future :) On a side note, are you aware your signature translates to:

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:)

-= Reelix =-

[MidwestLimey]

Sure doesn't. There's a message in there.

10110011001111101010101000001000001101001010001010100000100000101000001000111100010110001011001011

[Lost User]

Oh? Are we decoding binary now? It says: YOU ARE A GEEK (yay me!)

[Paulo Zemek]

Found the same string.

[killabyte]

dont u hate these problems, u stare at it for so long and over analyse everything around it until u ask a fellow engineer then facepalm when he/she spots typo in 5 seconds. this problem is usually caused by caffine deficiency of the brain. :cool:

[John Y]

omg, that is a very clever habit to get into! I love it - and am almost ashamed I haven't though to do that...that little typeo gets me every now and then

________ John Y. Developer