How to assign variables to the texts in textbox or textarea?

[Vincent001]

I want to "cut and paste" a paragraph or sentence into a textarea.

Then, when I press "submit" button. The text words will assign to differnt variables.

e.g. The sentence is "Hello!, I am Vincent."

Then, variable a[1]="Hello", a[2]="I", a[3]="am" and a[4]="Vincent" etc.

Thank you for help.

Regards,
Vincent.

[Jona]

Okay, something like

<script>
function s(){
var box = document.formName.textareaName.value;
var boxinf = box.split(" ").join(" ");
var arys = new Array();
for(i=0;i<boxinf.length;i++){
arys[i] = box.split(" ").join(" ");
}
</script>

I dunno... I'll work on it... :)

[Jona]

Actually, it will probably require use of substr or substring. I'll work on it... And show you what I got (Note: the above code I posted was not tested.).

[Vincent001]

Hi, Jona

Thanks for your help. I look forward to seeing your reply.

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Vincent

[Jona]

Yah.. I'm working on it. I think I almost have it done. :)

[Jona]

Hey, unfortunately I have to go... So I'll work on your script and get back to you as soon as possible. Please don't count on it being tomorrow or Sunday. I'm really sorry, but I have to go... Adios

[Jona]

This may help you a little: http://www.geocities.com/god_loves_07/splitX.html

[Vincent001]

Originally posted by Jona
This may help you a little: http://www.geocities.com/god_loves_07/splitX.html

No, this is not what i want.

[Jona]

No, but you can use that to split with a space instead of "" and a space instead of "" and then get the middle of it. Then set each of those to an array.

[Nedals]

Jona was close...

var str = "Hello!, I am Vincent."
var ary = str.split(" ");
alert(ary[0]+ary[1]+ary[2]+ary[3]);

[Jona]

Hmm... Didn't know JavaScript automatically converted it to an array when it was split(). Thanks, Nedals. ;)

[Nedals]

Another little trick that can sometimes be useful is when you want to manipulate characters in a string.

ary = str.split("");

This will put each individual char into an array. Then you can put it back together with...

str = ary.join("");

[Vincent001]

Thanks Jona and Nedals.