Question

Hi all thanks for taking a look.

I am trying to call a javascript function when I click on the update button.

Here is the javascript

var text2Array = function() {
// takes the value from the text area and loads it to the array variable.

alert("test");

}

and the html

<button id="update" onclick="text2Array()">Update</button>

if you would like to see all the code check out this jsfiddle
http://jsfiddle.net/runningman24/wAPNU/24/

I have tried to make the function global, no luck, I can get the alert to work from the html, but for some reason it won’t call the function???

Answer 1

In your fiddle, in the drop-down in the top left, change “onLoad” to “no wrap (head)”
Then change

var text2Array = function()
var pswdBld() = function()

to

function text2Array()
function pswdBld()

and it will alert as expected.