Question

I am trying to create a simple JavaScript function. When someone inserts a number in an input field, the value of another field should change to that value. Here is what I have at the moment:

function updateInput(ish) {  
    fieldname.value = ish;  
}  
<input type="text" name="fieldname" id="fieldname" />  
<input type="text" name="thingy" onchange="updateInput(value)" /> 

Somehow this does not work, can someone help me out?

Answer 1

You can’t access your fieldname as a global variable. Use document.getElementById:

function updateInput(ish){
    document.getElementById("fieldname").value = ish;
}

and

onchange="updateInput(this.value)"