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Pass value from a function into an onclick

Here's what I have.

1st anchor tag that launches initiates the transfer: <a href="" onclick"functionOne('uniqueInfo');">Click Me</a>

2nd anchor tag that should receive the info: <a href="" id="uniqueId" name="uniqueId" onclick="">Click Me Next</a>

The JS I have basically does this:

functionOne(info) {
myVariable = document.getElementById('uniqueId').onclick.value;
myVariable = 'functionTwo(\'' + info + '\');';
}

functionTwo(moreInfo) {
...
}

So, what it's supposed to do is take the data from the first anchor and pass it into functionOne. functionOne should set the onclick value of anchor 2 to be functionTwo('uniqueInfo');

I've set an alert after the second line in functionOne (ie, alert(myVariable); ) and it alerts the correct info. But that info ISN'T being inserted into the onclick attribute of anchor 2 at all.

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Michel Plungjan

and make sure you do

<a href="#" onclick="functionOne('uniqueInfo'); return false">Click Me</a>

crazycharlie

ASKER

Thanks, third. I actually figured it out and was coming back here to disable my question. No biggie... :D

mplungjan, I actually used href="javascript:void(0);"

Cr@zyCh@rlie

Michel Plungjan

I would STILL use

<a href="#" onclick="functionOne('uniqueInfo'); return false">Click Me</a>

since that does not give a 404 if you disable javascript

crazycharlie

ASKER

Thanks, mplungjan. I didn't think about the non-javascript aspect.

third

i agree with michel.

onclick"

should be

onclick="

Michel Plungjan

thanks, Third...

crazycharlie

ASKER

Thanks, guys. I had the '=' in there... was just a typo when I entered the original code.