332392 - Works in I.E., does not process the maths

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Justin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Firefox/1.5.0.1

This was a simple Java Script page I wrote which takes gets a result by passing it through a simple equation.  No result due to a Jaa Script error.  It works ok in Internet Explorer (unfortuanately!!!).  It also does not work in Netscape.

The Java Script is very basic and simple, I have tried doing a few alterations, but can't trace the problem directly.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Just click on the calculate button
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Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
it should display a result in the lower text box

Comment 1

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

No, that won't work. The minimum change that would make it work would be to change the name="whatever" to id="whatever" on the inputs, which will make it work thanks to something called the "Global Scope Polluter," a name that should tell you that it's not a good thing to be depending on. Far better would be to read some basic guides to HTML and JavaScript that talk about more modern, cross-browser ways of accessing elements.