Getting strings from Forms.

[Pyrus]

I know you could use:
eval(form.screen.value);
(where "form" is the name of the form and "screen" is the name of a number input type in the form) to get whatever is in that field as a number, but how do you get it as a string?

[Nedals]

string = document.formname.elementname.value; // always returns a string
eval not required.

[Pyrus]

Thank you so much, that little thing was holding back my progress.

[fredmv]

Oh, and you almost never need eval. It's quite costly for the interpreter, so avoid it. Instead to convert strings to numbers use one of the methods as described in this thread (http://www.webxpertz.net/forums/showthread.php?t=27948).