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javascript alphabetical order

the idea is to sort everything in alphabetical order, when i use id, it works perfect, but when i use the name attribute it does not work 

<html>
<head>
    <title>Retrieving a Textbox Value Example</title>

</head>
<body>
    <textarea rows="5" cols="25" name="txt2"></textarea>
    <br />
    <textarea rows="5" cols="25" name="txt3"></textarea>
    <br />
    <input type="button" value="Set Values" onclick="setValues()" />

    <script type="text/javascript">
     function setValues() {
      var oTextbox2= document.getElementsByName("txt2")[0];   
      oTextbox2 = oTextbox2.value.split(" ").sort();

      var oTextbox3 = document.getElementsByName("txt3")[0]; 
      oTextbox3.value = oTextbox2;
    } 
    </script>
</body>
</html>
Solution

  • Change this:

      oTextbox2 = oTextbox2.value.split(" ").sort();

    to:

      oTextbox2 = oTextbox2.value.split(" ").sort().join(" ");

    You need to use .join() to turn the sorted array back into a string.

    FIDDLE