Question

I am a beginner to javascript ! I am trying to call a function from another function inside the same script tags. When I do this without sending arguments it works fine but when i do that with arguments that another function is not called..

Here is what I am doing

function measurement_convert()
{
var mc = "Measurement Conversion";
    txt = "<h2>"  + mc + "</h2> <br><br>";

    txt +=
        "<form action='' method='post'>" +
        "Select Type <select name='conversion_type' onchange='loadXML('abcd')'> "+
                    "<option value='area'>Area</option>"+
                    "<option value='length'>Length</option>"+
                    "<option value='volume'>Volume</option>"+
                    "<option value='weight'>Weight</option>"+
                    "</select> <br><br>"
    document.getElementById("content_main_top").innerHTML=txt;
}

So, I am calling the function from onchange of this form.

And here’s the another function

 function loadXML(var1)
 {
    document.getElementById("content_main_top").innerHTML=null;
    document.getElementById("content_main_bottom").innerHTML=null;
 }

Can anyone help me ?

Answer 1

Your single quotes are clashing in the onchange value, as you use the same for closing the value in.

You can change it to:

"Select Type <select name='conversion_type' onchange=\"loadXML('abcd')\"> "