document.write Javascript function

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Here's my code:

<script LANGUAGE="Javascript">
        function choiceReturn(obj) {
            switch(obj.value) {
                case "1":
                    document.write("<input value='Fund (L###)' type='text' 
                    class='button3' onfocus='if(this.value == "Fund (L###)"){this.value = '';}' 
                    onblur="if(this.value == ''){this.value = 'Fund (L###)'}">");

            }
        }
        </script>

<select name="funds_menu" onchange="choiceReturn(this);">
            <option selected>Choose 1 to 3</option>
            <option value="1">1. Choose fund</option>
            <option value="2">2. Prepare data</option>
            <option value="3">3. Perform valuation</option>
            </select>

My intention: Upon selecting the first item from the list, the Fund (L###) input box appears. I also have some minor code onblur and onfocus to make this a bit cooler.

However, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong? There's a lot of quotation marks there. Perhaps that's what's messing this up.

asked 1 min ago

Gudmundur

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1 Answer

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Multiline strings aren't a thing in JavaScript. You're going to have to concatenate them separately. Furthermore, some of your nested nested strings aren't escaped properly. Fixed code:

document.write("<input value='Fund (L###)' type='text' " +
    "class='button3' onfocus='if(this.value == \"Fund (L###)\"){this.value = '';}' " + 
    "onblur='if(this.value == \"\"){this.value = \"Fund (L###)\"}'>");

answered 5 secs ago

Doorknob

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