I'm can't figure out a way of displaying a message if a specific word is inputed into an input box. I'm basically trying to get javascript to display a message if a date, such as '01/07/2013', is inputed into the input box.
Here is my html
<p>Arrival Date</p> <input type="text" id="datepicker" id="food" name="arrival_date" >
I'm using a query data picker to select the date.
You can insert code in attribute onchange
onchange="if(this.value == 'someValue') alert('...');"
Or create new function
function change(element){
if(element.value == 'someValue'){
alert('...');
}
}
And add attribute
onchange="change(this);"
Or add event
var el = document.getElementById('input-id');
el.onchange = function(){
change(el); // if 'el' doesn't work, use 'this' instead
}
I'm not sure if it works, but it should :)
Use .val() to get the value of the input and compare it with a string
var str = $('#datapicker').val(), // jQuery
// str = document.getDocumentByI('datapicker').value ( vanilla js)
strToCompare = '01/07/2013';
if( str === strToCompare) {
// do something
}
And encase this in either change or any keyup event to invoke it..
$('#datepicker').change(function() {
// code goes here
});
Update
Try the code below.
$(function () {
var $datepicker = $('#datepicker');
$datepicker.datepicker();
$datepicker.on('change', function () {
var str = $datepicker.val(),
strToCompare = '07/19/2013';
if (str === strToCompare) {
console.log('Strings match')
}
else {
console.log('boom !!')
}
});
});
document.write .. Try using console.logYour input has 2 ids. You need to remove id="food". Then the following should work with IE >= 9:
document.getElementById('datepicker').addEventListener(
'input',
function(event) {
if (event.target.value.match(/^\d+\/\d+\/\d+$/))
console.log("Hello");
}, false);
