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Don't append if string already contains OnChange

I have a javascript OnChange function on a column having textboxes which captures the name of each row in a column. I am appending all the names and storing in variable.
Now , suppose user clicks same textbox again , I don't want to append that name again.
var AppendedString = null;
function onChangeTest(textbox) {
AppendedString = AppendedString;
AppendedString = AppendedString + ';' + textbox.name;
// this gives null;txt_2_4;txt_2_6;txt_3_4;txt_2_4 and so on..and I don't want to append same name again , here it's txt_2_4
}
My Input text :
<input type="text" name="txt_<%=l_profileid %>_<%=l_processstepsequence%>" value="<%= l_comments%>" onfocus="this.oldvalue = this.value;" onchange="onChangeTest(this);this.oldvalue = this.value;">

Those rows seem to have unique names.
you can simply check if AppendedString already contains that name :
var AppendedString=''
function onChangeTest(textbox) {
if (!AppendedString.includes(textbox.name)) {
AppendedString += ';' + textbox.name;
}
}
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You can’t initialize AppendedString as null otherwise, the includes() method won’t be available
otherwise, you can give each row a unique ID, and store in an array IDs that already have been clicked by the user.
var AppendedString = '';
var clickedRows = [];
function onChangeTest(textbox) {
if (!clickedRows.includes(textbox.id)) {
AppendedString += ';' + textbox.name;
clickedRows.push(textbox.id)
}
}

var arr = [];
$("input[type='text']").on("click", function() {
var nowS = ($(this).attr('name'));
if (!(arr.indexOf(nowS) > -1)) {
arr.push(nowS)
}
console.log(arr)
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="text" id="m1" name="lbl1">
<input type="text" id="m2" name="lbl2">
<input type="text" id="m3" name="lbl3">
Somewhat similar to your need,
var arr = [];
$("input[type='text']").on("click", function() {
var nowS = ($(this).attr('name'));
if (!arr.includes(nowS)) {
arr.push(nowS)
}
console.log(arr)
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="text" id="m1" name="lbl1">
<input type="text" id="m2" name="lbl2">
<input type="text" id="m3" name="lbl3">

You can add flag your textboxes and ignore if it's clicked again. Like using jquery you can do something like this:
function onChangeTest(textbox) {
AppendedString = AppendedString;
if (!textbox.hasClass("clicked")){
AppendedString = AppendedString + ';' + textbox.name;
textbox.AddClass("clicked");
}
}

How do I select the inputted text of a text field?

I'm adding interactivity to a form.
Here is a snippet of the HTML:
<label for="name" id="nameLabel">Name:</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
There is a button at the bottom of the form, 'Register'. If the button is pressed and the Name field is empty, I want to add an alert message, reminding the user to enter their name. I want to do this by amending the label.
I am having trouble trying to select the inputted text of the text-field. Seeing as it's not value or innerHTML? How do I select it?
This is the code I have so far:
// Form validation. Display error messages and don't let the user submit the form if any of these validation errors exist:
document.querySelector("button").addEventListener("click", function() {
// Name field can't be empty
var nameInput = document.getElementById("name");
var nameLabel = document.getElementById("nameLabel");
if(nameInput.value === "") {
nameLabel.innerHTML = "Name: (please provide name)";
nameLabel.style.color = "red";
}
});

Use .value to get the value of input field and put css value red in inverted comma as nameLabel.style.color = "red"; Also since you have a
<button type ="submit">submit</button>
you need to stop you page from refreshing. Use e.preventDefault(); for this in your event handler
The flash of error that you get while in console is that red is not defined which it isn't since its a string and you need to give it in "".
document.querySelector("button").addEventListener("click", function() {
// Name field can't be empty
var nameInput = document.getElementById("name");
var nameLabel = document.getElementById("nameLabel");
if(nameInput.value === "") {
nameLabel.innerHTML = "Name: (please provide name)";
nameLabel.style.color = "red";
}
});
<label for="name" id="nameLabel">Name:</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
<button>Submit</button>

document.querySelector("button").addEventListener("click", function() {
// Name field can't be empty
var nameInput = document.getElementById("name");
var nameLabel = document.getElementById("nameLabel");
console.log("\"" + nameInput.value + "\"");
if(nameInput.value.length == 0) {
nameLabel.innerHTML = "Name: (please provide name)";
nameLabel.style.color = "red";
}
});
<label for="name" id="nameLabel">Name:</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
<button>Submit</button>

value from HTML textbox to Javascript var

Hi want to store what user input into the textbox into my javascript var to be passed to my external PHP page,
I can pass the variable if i just define a value like mySite= 22 but not from what user enters into the text box.
Please help me to get access to the texbox.value
<form method="post" action="" onsubmit="submitFun(this)">
<input type="text" name="order_IDsearch" id="order_IDsearch"onBlur="javascript:setmysite(this);">
<input type="submit" />
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
var mySite = '';
function setmysite(v1) {
var parent = document.getElementById('list');
var element = parent.GetElementsByTagName('order_IDsearch')[0];
mySite = element;
}
function submitFun(f1) {
t = './get_order.php?s=' + mySite;
t = encodeURI (t);
f1.action = t;
f1.submit();
return true;
}

You can try document.getElementById('order_IDsearch').value;

jQuery or Javascript to parse querystring on submit

This form has multiple choices through a checkbox. Eg. Pet You Own is a multiple choice and there are various options such as Cat, Dog, Mule etc.
Now by default, the querystring sent will look like:
?pet=dog&pet=cat&pet=mule
given all 3 are checked.
I need a way to parse this so that the querystring looks like:
?pet=dog,cat,mule
Another requirement is that, there are other parameters/inputs in the form so it needs to work in conjunction with other standard form inputs.

The format you're currently seeing is the conventional format. If your form fields were named pet[] rather than pet, your server would be able to interpret the result as an array.
Having said that, to actually do what you're requesting, you could reset the name attribute of your checkboxes, so that they won't be posted, and instead post a hidden field that holds the value of your checkboxes as a comma separated string:
$('#my-form').submit(function() {
var pets = [];
$('input[name=pet]:checked').each(function() {
pets.push($(this).val());
});
// stop checkboxes from being posted
$('input[name=pet]').attr('name','');
// have an input field be posted instead
$('#my-hidden-field')
.val(pets.join(','))
.attr('name', 'pet');
});

A bit of cleaning is needed but using this with plain JS you can acheive
<html>
<head>
<title>My Page</title>
<script>
function myFunction(){
var options = "";
if(document.getElementById("option1").checked){
options = options+"Milk";
}
if(document.getElementById("option2").checked){
options = options+",Butter";
}
if(document.getElementById("option3").checked){
options = options+",Cheese";
window.location = "end.html&options="+options
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div align="center"><br>
<input id="option1" type="checkbox" name="option1" value="Milk"> Milk<br>
<input id="option2" type="checkbox" name="option2" value="Butter" checked> Butter<br>
<input id="option3" type="checkbox" name="option3" value="Cheese"> Cheese<br>
<br>
</div>
Button to submit
</body>
</html>

I suggest you to do this job on server side. When your server receive this request, it will get an array which is called pet and has three element: dog,cat and mule. you can conjunction them easily.
====
I implement this with JavaScript:
var str = window.location.href;
var queryString = "", temp = {};
str = str.substring(str.lastIndexOf("?") + 1);
str.split("&").some(function(item) {
var tarr = item.split("=");
if(typeof temp[tarr[0]] == "undefined") {
temp[tarr[0]] = tarr[1];
} else if(typeof temp[tarr[0]] == "string") {
temp[tarr[0]] += "," + tarr[1];
}
});
// Make queryString
for(var i in temp) {
queryString += "&" + i + "=" + temp[i];
}
queryString = queryString.replace(/^./,"");
//
var href = window.location.href;
console.log("before:", href);
href = href.replace(/\?.*$/, "?");
// the url is that you want
console.log("after:", href + queryString);
//window.location.href = href + queryString;
OUTPUT:
before:
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/forcedownload.html?pet=dog&pet=cat&pet=mule&animal=camel
after:
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/forcedownload.html?pet=dog,cat,mule&animal=camel

Name your check boxes as p1, p2 etc. Have a hidden field in your form named 'pet'. Just before submit using JS, set the value of your hidden variable the way you need and return true.
function beforeSubmit() {
var p = '';
if($('#p1').attr('checked')==true) p += ',cat';
if($('#p2').attr('checked')==true) p += ',dog';
...
p = p.substring(1); // strip the , at 0
$('#pet').val(p);
return true;
}
and your form should be like:
<form ... onsubmit="return beforeSubmit()">
...
<input type="checkbox" name="p1" id="p1">Cat<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="p2" id="p2">Dog<br>
...
<input type="hidden" name="pet" id="pet" value="">
</form>

why are names not being added to the list?

I found this fiddle and I am trying to get it to work...I can not figure out why the names are not being added to the list, for some reason Add button is acting like a submit button and I can not tell why...It should add all the numbers to a list so when I click submit, then it should send the numbers in an array..
JavaScript:
function bindName() {
var inputNames = document.getElementById("names").getElementsByTagName("inputNames");
for (i = 0; i < inputNames.length; i++) {
inputNames[i].onkeydown = function() {
if (this.value == "") {
setTimeout(deletename(this), 1000);
}
}
}
}
document.getElementById("addName").onclick = function() {
var num1 = document.getElementById("name");
var myRegEx = /^[0-9]{10}$/;
var myRegEx = /^[0-9]{10}$/;
var itemsToTest = num1.value;
if (myRegEx.test(itemsToTest)) {
var form1 = document.getElementById("names");
var nameOfnames = form1.getElementsByTagName("inputNames").length;
var newGuy1 = document.createElement("inputNames");
newGuy1.setAttribute("id", nameOfnames);
newGuy1.setAttribute("type", "text");
newGuy1.setAttribute("value", num1.value);
form1.appendChild(newGuy1);
num1.value = "";
bindName();
}
else {
alert('error');
}
};
HTML:
<h1>Enter Name</h1>
<div id="mainName">
<h2>name</h2>
<label for="name">Add Names: </label>
<input id="name" type="text">
<button id="addName">Add</button>
<form>
<div id="names">
</div>
<input METHOD="POST" action="text.php" type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</div>

I've seen
document.createElement("inputNames");
Shouldn't be
document.createElement("input");
?

Because this /^[0-9]{10}$/; will accept only 10 numbers and only that, try entering 1234567890 and you will see no error.

I'm not sure why your "name" field is restricted to 10 digit numbers, but I've got the thing to work.
http://jsfiddle.net/y8Uju/4/
I think the problem was that you were trying to create an element with the tag name inputNames, but that's not a valid tag. Instead I changed it to create inputs, and set the class to inputNames.