javascript: how to stop the page from reloading?

Question

I just wrote a small program which takes the input from user and shows the factorial table. Here is the code:

<h1>Table of factorials</h1>
<h3>Enter the number:<h3>
<form name="form1">
    <input type="text" name="num" onchange="display(parseInt(document.form1.num.value))"/>
    <input type="button" />
</form>
<script>
    function factorial(n){
        if(n<=1) return n;
        else return n*factorial(n-1);
    }
    function display(x){
        document.write("<table>");
        document.write("<tr><th>n</th><th>n!</th></tr>");
        for(var i =1;i<=x;i++){
            document.write("<tr><td>"+i+"</td><td>"+factorial(i)+"</td></tr>");
        }
        document.write("</table>");
        document.write("Generated at"+ new Date());
    }


</script>

But the problem is the form reloads again immediately after showing the table. But if i use the button to trigger the function by onclick="display(parseInt(document.form1.num.value))" it does fine.
How to fix this?

EDIT: Just noticed that it works fine in firefox too. The problem is with chrome, opera and safari

Answer 1

prevent the default action of the input button. You can do this by JQuery's preventDefault() function .Or just <form onsubmit="return false;"> ... </form>