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why isn't my javascript working?!?

Here is my javascript. My goal was to create a form with a text input and three submit buttons.

Each button will perform a different conversion on the text. Here's my script. It looks like to me like it should work. but I wanna get some fresh eyes on it.

//<![CDATA[

var numInput;

var numOutput;

var conversionText;

function convFt2In(){

numInput = document.getElementById("Input").value;

document.getElementById("Input").value = "duh!";

numOutput = numInput * 12;

if(numInput!=1){

cText = " Feet are equal to ";

} else {

cText2 = " Foot is equal to ";

}

if(numOutput!=1){

cText = " Inches";

} else {

cText2 = " Inch";

}

WriteData();

}

function convMi2Ft(){

numInput = document.getElementById("Input").value;

numOutput = numInput * 5280;

if(numInput!=1){

cText = " Miles are equal to ";

} else {

cText2 = " Mile is equal to ";

}

if(numOutput!=1){

cText = " Feet";

} else {

cText2 = " Foot";

}

WriteData();

}

function convMi2Km(){

numInput = document.getElementById("Input").value;

numOutput = numInput * 1.609344;

if(numInput!=1){

cText = " Miles are equal to ";

} else {

cText2 = " Mile is equal to ";

}

if(numOutput!=1){

cText = " Kilometers";

} else {

cText2 = " Kilometer";

}

WriteData();

}

function WriteData(){

if (numInput<0){

document.getElementById("Input").innerHTML = "Please enter a valid number above 0";

} else {

document.getElementById("Input").innerHTML = numInput+cText+numOutput+cText2;

}

document.write(numInput);

}

document.write("<form id='Converter' name='Converter' method='post'>"+

"<p><label id='Output'>hey</label></p><input type='text' name='Input' id='Input' /><br/>"+

"<input type='button' name='convFt2In' id='convFt2In' value='Convert Feet to Inches' onclick='convFt2In();' />"+

"<input type='button' name='convMi2Ft' id='convMi2Ft' value='Convert Miles to Feet' onclick='convMi2Ft();' />"+

"<input type='button' name='convMi2Km' id='convMi2Km' value='Covert Miles to Kilometers' onclick='convMi2Km();' /></form></br>");

//]]>

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  • doug
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    So what is it doing and what were you expecting it to do?

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