1. On submit, have the program display the month/day/year, and not just the year. I’m not sure how to output that extra data.
2. Account for breaks throughout the degree program. I’m trying to put in a dropdown menu of weeks 1 through 5. If the user selects 1 week break, then it simply adds one week onto the graduation date. If a 2 week break is selected, then add two weeks to the graduation date, and so forth.
3. Account for transfer of credits. If a student enters a certain number of credits (not a dropdown menu, but enter an actual integer into a text box) and that number is then multiplied by a variable (certain amount of weeks per credit), which is then further subtracted from the graduation date, bringing that date sooner.
Does that make sense?
Here’s what I’ve got so far…
Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="language" content="english">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript">
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
background-color:#f0f0f0;
}
form {
width:500px;
padding:20px;
border:3px double rgb(128,128,128);
margin:auto;
text-align:center;
background-color:#fff;
color:rgb(64,64,64)
}
form div {
margin:10px 0;
}
#future-date {
line-height:1.3em;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function() {
'use strict';
var f;
function init(){
f=document.forms[0];
f.reset();
document.getElementById('potential').onclick=function() {
gradDate();
}
document.getElementById('clear').onclick=function() {
document.getElementById('future-date').firstChild.nodeValue='\u00a0';
}
}
function gradDate() {
var start_date=document.getElementById('start-date').value;
for(var c=0;c<f.elements.length;c++) {
if((f[c].type=='radio')&&(f[c].checked==true)){
var grad=parseFloat(f[c].value);
}
}
if(isNaN(grad)) {
alert('Please select your course');
return;
}
var pattern=/^\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{4}$/; //Regex to validate date format (dd/mm/yyyy)
if(pattern.test(start_date)) {
var begin=parseFloat(start_date.substr(6,4)); //getting start date
var end=grad; //getting course duration
var gradDate=begin+end; //calculating graduation date
document.getElementById('future-date').firstChild.nodeValue='Your potential graduation date is : '+gradDate;
return;
}
else {
alert('Invalid date format. Please Input in (dd/mm/yyyy) format!');
return;
}
}
window.addEventListener?
window.addEventListener('load',init,false):
window.attachEvent('onload',init);
})();
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="#">
<h4>Please select course...</h4>
<div>
<label for="ass">Associate</label>
<input id="ass" name="course" type="radio" value="2" />
<label for="bac">Bachelor</label>
<input id="bac" name="course" type="radio" value="4" />
<label for="mas">Master</label>
<input id="mas" name="course" type="radio" value="2" />
</div>
<h4>Please enter your potential start date (dd/mm/yyyy):</h4>
<div>
<input id="start-date" type="text">
</div><div>
<input id="potential" type="button" value="See Your Potential Graduation Date">
<input id="clear" type="reset" value="clear">
</div>
<div id="future-date"> </div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Thank you for that... that's exactly the direction I was going for. I have to adjust some of the times, but it's a great addition to what I already had.
What I was trying to accomplish with Step#3 was basically what you helped with the 'Breaks', but with the input from the student being an integer (let's say 24 credits). That number, 24, would then be multiplied by a certain number of days or weeks per credit. That number, which should be translated to weeks, would then be subtracted from the graduation date, just like the 'Breaks' variable.
Each class that gets transferred in is transferred in as a class, and not credits.
One class is equivelant to 5 weeks. So, if a student transfers in 5 classes worth of credits, that would be a total of 5 weeks off the end of the degree.
I understand the concept and the math, just not how to put it together with what you've already written. I'm still fairly new to JS.
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Also, I’ve played around with your script a little and I’m trying to adjust something and can’t.
The degree programs at this school are as follows… (for the most part)
1. If you have 1 class equivalent to 5 weeks, then would not 5 classes worth of credits be a total of 25 weeks off the end of the degree?
2. Would 2.5 years be equivalent to 52+52+26 weeks (assuming 52 weeks per year)?
Therefore, would it follow that there would be 90 credits / 130 weeks be 0.69231 credits per week?
3. Lastly, assuming a full program for one individual,
would a bachelor's degree take 7 years and 270 credits? Would master's be 8.5 years and 318 credits?
2. The classes here are worth 4 credits each. Each class is 5 weeks.
So... 92 credit degree / 4 credits per class = 23 classes.
23 classes * 5 weeks per class = 115 weeks
115 weeks / 52 = 2.21 years...so, I was wrong about 2.5 years as well. In turn, 92 credits / 115 weeks = .8 credits per week.
3. I should have explained the degrees more clearly. The credits for the Bachelor include the credits required for the Associate degree ... so, the entire Bachelor degree is 180 credits, not 270. The Associate degree is actually 92 credits.
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