Jonathan, Thanks for that but like most things in the prototype documentation, it lacks the type of clarity that I can understand.
IOW, I can read the documentation, scratch my head and say huh? I leave that documentation thinking "this might be what I need but have no clue as to how to implement that to solve my problem." Which is exactly what happened here... OK, I need to use templates to somehow sprintf the string constant into a direct value but huh? On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 7:59 AM, Jonathan Rosenberg <j...@tabbysplace.org>wrote: > You're passing a string constant to $$ > > "input[type=radio][name='type'][value=selectThis]") > > 'selectThis' will not be evaluated, as you seem to be expecting. Have a > loook at Tenplate to do what you want: > > http://www.prototypejs.org/api/template > > -- > Jonathan Rosenberg > Founder & Executive Director > Tabby's Place > http://www.tabbysplace.org > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com [mailto: > prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Phil Petree > *Sent:* Saturday, September 25, 2010 7:46 AM > *To:* prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* [Proto-Scripty] Variables in $$() ????? > > I've hit this in two seperate places and not exactly sure why... > (I think its the 18 hour days, 7 days a week... <g>) > > If "value" is hard set with '3' the following works: > $$("input[type=radio][name='type'][value='3']")[0].writeAttribute("checked", > "checked"); > However, if we use a variable (selectThis) and assign it "3" it does not > work. > var selectThis; > selectThis = '3'; > $$("input[type=radio][name='type'][value=selectThis]")[0].writeAttribute("checked", > "checked"); > > Type casting doesn't work either: > var selectThis; > selectThis = String('3'); > $$("input[type=radio][name='type'][value=selectThis]")[0].writeAttribute("checked", > "checked"); > > I'm having the same problem here too (compare o.value== 'GA' and the select > gets set to GA): > selectThis = 'GA' > $$('select#ajstate option').each(function(o){ > if(o.value==selectThis){o.selected = true;$break;} > }); > > What am I missing here? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > To post to this group, send email to > prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<prototype-scriptaculous%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > To post to this group, send email to > prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<prototype-scriptaculous%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.