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Function is undefined

This is really important to fix as soon as possible. I have an absolute headache trying to figure out the mistake and I believe it has to be simple and easily overlooked. My debugger says that the ConvertToCm() and the onclick() function is undefined but I need help in figuring out how to fix that. please someone reply soon.

Code:

<html>

 <head>

   <title>Metric Conversion</title>

   <script type="text/javascript" src="convert.js"></script>

   <script type="text/javascript">

            function  ConvertToCm()

                        {

                                var inches, cm ;

                                

                                inches = parseFloat(document.getElementById('inchBox').value);

                                cm = InchesToCentimeters(inches);

                                document.getElementById(outputDiv).innerHTML = 

                                        'That is ' + cm + ' centimeters.';

                        }



   </script>

 </head>

 

 <body>

        <p>Length in Inches:

                        <input type="text" id="inchBox" size=6 value=1>

                        <input type="button" value="Convert to Centimeters" 

                                onclick="ConvertToCm();">



   </p>

   <hr>

   <div id="outputDiv"></div>

 </body>

</html>

Quote:

Originally Posted by stressedStudent (Post 1290505)

The function is undefined due to an unresolved reference within the function, which also must have been indicated in the console/debugger.

Usually, that means you had an error in the syntax of the function that you ignored.

Once a function has a syntax error, it is non-existent from other code's standpoint. Hence undefined.

(And I'd bet you are using MSIE, no?)

&&&&&&&&&&&&

LogicAli beat me this time.

Anyway, learn to use the debugger in your browser!

If you are using Chrome, look here:
https://developer.chrome.com/extensi...debugging.html

The MSIE debugger is very similar, though just a tad less user-friendly in my opinion.

And the "unresolved reference" LogicAli referred to is of course here:

Code:

cm = InchesToCentimeters(inches);

No place in your code do you have any InchesToCentimeters function defined.

(Not that I see any reason to define one. Just plop the conversion code in there in place of tha function call.)