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I need help debugging a line of code that's giving an error. 
 
function chgState (objElement) 
{ 
... 
var imgID=img.match(/(\d+)\.(gif|jpg)$/i); 
... 
} 
 
call to the above function: 
&lt;span onClick=&quot;chgState(this)&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;images/1.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;A_1&quot; &gt;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; 
 
 
error reported by error console 
 
Error: img.match is not a function 
 
 
any advice for how to resolve? 
thanks 
 

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I need help debugging a line of code that's giving an error.

function chgState (objElement)
{
...
var imgID=img.match(/(\d+)\.(gif|jpg)$/i);
...
}

call to the above function:
<img src="images/1.gif"><input type="hidden" name="A_1" > 


error reported by error console

Error: img.match is not a function


any advice for how to resolve?
thanks

JS img.match

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