[Javascript] Accessing form name

[nick at nickfitz.co.uk (Nick Fitzsimons)]

> function resetForm() {
>    var theForm = document.getElementsByTagName('form');
>    var formName = theForm.name;
>    alert(formName);
>
>    document.formName.reset();
> }
>
> This does get the form but name is returned as undefined. Where am I
> going wrong or is there a simpler/better way to do this? Thank you.
>

Actually, getElementsByTagName returns a NodeList, which doesn't have a
name. Treat it like an array:

var allForms = document.getElementsByTagName("form");
var theFirstForm = allForms[0];
alert(theFirstForm.name);

HTH,

Nick.
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