[LEFT]I copied this code straight from a book i’m learning from and it works somewhat the way i want it to but it won’t reset the catagory field when you choose a new language. There’s code for it to do so but for some reason it isn’t. Check it out and see if you can tell me what’s wrong.
<script type="text/javascript">
actionscript = new Array('Image Handling', 'File Handling', 'Games', 'Server Side', 'Animation', 'Preloaders')
asp = new Array('Database', 'Content Management', 'Search Engines', 'Form Handlers')
css = new Array('IE Fixes', 'Navigation', 'Rollovers', 'Menus', 'Image Effects')
javascript = new Array('Image Effects', 'Text Effects', 'Document Effects', 'Forms', 'Navigations', 'Ajax')
perl = new Array('Image Manipulation', 'File managment', 'Content managment', 'Form Handlers')
php = new Array('Content Managment', 'File managment', 'Galleries', 'Database', 'Form Handlers')
other = new Array('Python', 'Ruby', 'Other Others')
xml = new Array('Parsers', 'Content Managment', 'User Interface', 'Form Handlers')
function getcatagory(language){
//clear out the current options
for(i=document.form1.catagory.options.length-1; i>0; i--)
{
document.form1.catagory.options.remove(i)
}
lang = language.options[
language.selectedIndex].value
if (lang != "") {
if (lang == '1'){
for (i=1; i<=actionscript.length;i++) {
document.form1.catagory.options* =
new Option(actionscript[i-1])
}
}
if (lang == '2'){
for (i=1; i<=asp.length;i++){
document.form1.catagory.options* =
new Option(asp[i-1])
}
}
if (lang == '3'){
for (i=1; i<=css.length;i++){
document.form1.catagory.options* =
new Option(css[i-1])
}
}
if (lang == '4'){
for (i=1; i<=javascript.length;i++){
document.form1.catagory.options* =
new Option(javascript[i-1])
}
}
if (lang == '5'){
for (i=1; i<=perl.length;i++){
document.form1.catagory.options* =
new Option(perl[i-1])
}
}
if (lang == '6'){
for (i=1; i<=php.length;i++){
document.form1.catagory.options* =
new Option(php[i-1])
}
}
if (lang == '7'){
for (i=1; i<=other.length;i++){
document.form1.catagory.options* =
new Option(other[i-1])
}
}
if (lang == '8'){
for (i=1; i<=xml.length;i++){
document.form1.catagory.options* =
new Option(xml[i-1])
}
}
}
}
</script>
<body onload="document.form1.language.selectedIndex=0">
<form action="" name="form1">
<select name="language" onchange="getcatagory(this)">
<option value="0">Choose Language</option>
<option value="1">Action Script</option>
<option value="2">ASP</option>
<option value="3">CSS</option>
<option value="4">JavaScript</option>
<option value="5">Perl</option>
<option value="6">PHP</option>
<option value="7">Other</option>
<option value="8">XML</option>
</select>
<select name="catagory">
<option value="0">Select Category</option>
</select>
<br>
<p>
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
Thanks for any help!
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