Regarding your example, the var definition "elete_name_array" doesn't match "delete_name_array" used in the loop, but perhaps you're declaring it elsewhere. Checkboxes are only passed when ticked. However, you might want to add another condition to confirm the input type is indeed a checkbox. Stripe-man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I know this is a JS question.. but i have a string being passed through the url and it has a comma leading it... IE:
I have this function: this is running through a for loop to get all the checked boxes in all forms on the page. var elete_name_array = new Array(); if ((formele.checked == true) && (id)) { delete_name_array[i] = id; } //this is a pupup window function i have new_window('../popup.php?names=' + delete_name_array); when i view the url this is whats getting passed... popup.php?string=,,,,,,,,,bob,mary,sue,bill,mike even though i told it if ((formele.checked == true) && (id)) Im not sure why its doing that I would like to trim this value before it gets sent to the url...(all post and pre commas) can someone please tell me how to do this.. i tried googgling it.. not sure why im not finding what im looking to do. probably the bes thing is to be sure there is a checked value which that IF statement should be doing in eitehr solution.. id still like to know how to trim these types of values that are statically specified or a string of stripped chars via an array! tks much guys... I hope i have provided enough info this time :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Spinoffs" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-spinoffs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-spinoffs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---