simple onload javascript problem

I need to load an array when my page loads which im doint by calling the arrayEmploye() function

function arrayEmploye()
{
var arrayEmp=[];
var selobj2=document.getElementById('employe');
for (var zxc0=0;zxc0<selobj2.options.length;zxc0++)
{
arrayEmp.push([zxc0,selobj2.options[zxc0].text]); // Note this line
}
return arrayEmp;
//alert(arrayEmploye);
}

After that, in another function, i need to have the array (arrayEmp) available.

function Select(obj,selid)
{
alert(arrayEmp);
var txt=obj.value;
var selobj=document.getElementById(selid);
var ary=[];

for (var zxc0=0;zxc0<selobj.options.length;zxc0++)
{
ary.push([zxc0,selobj.options[zxc0].text]); // Note this line
}


//ary=ary.sort(Sort);
selobj.selectedIndex=0;
for (var zxc1=0;zxc1<ary.length;zxc1++)
{
if (txt.toLowerCase()==ary[zxc1][1].substring(0,txt.length).toLowerCase())
{ // Note this line checks text in field 1
selobj.selectedIndex=ary[zxc1][0]; // Note this line index in field 0
break;
}
}
}

How can i do this?

simply call the function onload:

onload=arrayEmploye;

simply call the function onload:

onload=arrayEmploye;

This is what i'm trying to avoid... because my arrayEmploye function is long to run, i would like to run it once, store it somewhere and access it whenever i want to later on... Do you understand.

Sound tricky... You should run it sometime, and when running will take the same long time...

Well, you may run it as first line in your second function

function Select(obj,selid)
{
var arrayEmp= arrayEmploye();
..the rest of the code
}

Sound tricky... You should run it sometime, and when running will take the same long time...

Well, you may run it as first line in your second function

function Select(obj,selid)
{
var arrayEmp= arrayEmploye();
..the rest of the code
}

is there a way to call the arrayEmploye() function in the Select function the first time and then store the value. Then, the second time i call the Select function, it doesn't call the arrayEmploye function?

Make the array a global variable (push it outside the function)

var arrayEmp=[];
function arrayEmploye()
{
var selobj2=document.getElementById('employe');
for (var zxc0=0;zxc0<selobj2.options.length;zxc0++)
{
arrayEmp.push([zxc0,selobj2.options[zxc0].text]); // Note this line
}

}
....