Radio buttons . . . still not clear

[watto]

I have been trying to figure out how to work with radio buttons and javascript. In the script below I wish to grab the value of the selected radio button.
The value of the text "tyear" box is obtained with no problem, and is reported in the aler message.

The radio buttons named "grouptype" are found, but the value of the selected button is reported as undefined. The html code has a value set for each radio button.

function checkForm(formobj){
	
	// Enter name of mandatory fields
	var fieldRequired = Array("organizationName", "tyear", "grouptype");
	
	// Enter field description to appear in the dialog box
	var fieldDescription = Array("Organization Name", "Year", "Group Type");
	
	// dialog message
	var alertMsg = "Please complete the following fields:\n";

	var l_Msg = alertMsg.length;

	
	for (var i = 0; i < fieldRequired.length; i++){
		var obj = formobj.elements[fieldRequired[i]];
		
                         //textbox tyear value
		if (fieldRequired[i] == "tyear")
		{
			alert(obj.value);
		}
                          // radio button grouptype value
		if (fieldRequired[i] == "grouptype")
		{
			alert(obj.value);
		}
		
		
		if (obj){
			switch(obj.type){
			case "select-one":
				if (obj.selectedIndex == -1 || obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text == ""){
					alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
				}
				break;
			case "select-multiple":
				if (obj.selectedIndex == -1){
					alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
				}
				break;
			case "text":
			case "textarea":
				if (obj.value == "" || obj.value == null){
					alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
				}
				break;
			default:
			}
			if (obj.type == undefined){
				var blnchecked = false;
				for (var j = 0; j < obj.length; j++){
					if (obj[j].checked){
						blnchecked = true;
					}
				}
				if (!blnchecked){
					alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
				}
			}
		}
	}

	if (alertMsg.length == l_Msg){
		return true;
	}else{
		alert(alertMsg);
		return false;
	}
}

[nikkiH]

Radio buttons are stored in an array.
You get the value like:
formname.radioname[0].value
formname.radioname[1].value
and so on

So, you need to get the value IF it is checked, right?
if (formname.radioname[0].checked)
alert(formname.radioname[0].value);

and so on.
If there are a bunch, you can loop through the collection.

[rm-f]

see: function getSelectedRadioButtonIndex in example: http://codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=68139

[Pyth007]

Also see this for other options in getting the checked radio-button's value...

Also if there is one button that you are specifically checking for, for example:
o Yes, I have read the terms
o No, I do not accept the terms
and you wish to make sure the person clicks 'Yes' before proceeding, then give each button a different ID. The name can still be the same so that it gets passed by submit(), but with different id's you can check:

if (document.getElementById('yesButton').checked) proceed();

[watto]

This is what I created. The "if (fieldRequired[i] == "grpType")" block looks pretty ugly. If there is a more efficient way let me know. Thanks for all the replies.

function checkForm(formobj){
	
	// Enter name of mandatory fields
	var fieldRequired = Array("tmonth", "tday", "tyear", "tourtime", "FirstName", "LastName", "Address", "City", "State", "ZIP", "Phone", "Email", "grpName", "grpPhone", "grpNumber", "grpType");
	
	// Enter field description to appear in the dialog box
	var fieldDescription = Array("Month", "Day", "Year", "Time", "First Name", "Last Name", "Address", "City", "State", "Zip Code", "Phone Number", "Email Address", "Group Name", "Group Phone", "Number in Group", "Group Type");
	
	// dialog message
	var alertMsg = "Please complete the following fields:\n";

	var l_Msg = alertMsg.length;

	
	for (var i = 0; i < fieldRequired.length; i++){
		var obj = formobj.elements[fieldRequired[i]];
		
		if (fieldRequired[i] == "grpType")
		{
			for (index = 0; index < document.DailyVisit.grpType.length; index++)
			{
				if (document.DailyVisit.grpType[index].checked)
    			  	{
					var groupChecked = document.DailyVisit.grpType[index].value;
					if (groupChecked == "School")
					{
						if (document.DailyVisit.gradekto6.value != parseInt(document.DailyVisit.gradekto6.value))
						{
						alert("Grades K-6 must be a number.");
						return false;
						}
						if (document.DailyVisit.grade7to8.value != parseInt(document.DailyVisit.grade7to8.value))
						{
						alert("Grades 7-8 must be a number.");
						return false;
						}
						if (document.DailyVisit.grade9.value != parseInt(document.DailyVisit.grade9.value))
						{
						alert("Grade 9 must be a number.");
						return false;
						}
						if (document.DailyVisit.grade10.value != parseInt(document.DailyVisit.grade10.value))
						{
						alert("Grade 10 must be a number.");
						return false;
						}
						if (document.DailyVisit.grade11.value != parseInt(document.DailyVisit.grade11.value))
						{
						alert("Grade 11 must be a number.");
						return false;
						}
						if (document.DailyVisit.grade12.value != parseInt(document.DailyVisit.grade12.value))
						{
						alert("Grade 12 must be a number.");
						return false;
						}

					}
				}
			}
		}
		
		
		if (obj){
			switch(obj.type){
			case "select-one":
				if (obj.selectedIndex == -1 || obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text == ""){
					alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
				}
				break;
			case "select-multiple":
				if (obj.selectedIndex == -1){
					alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
				}
				break;
			case "text":
			case "textarea":
				if (obj.value == "" || obj.value == null){
					alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
				}
				break;
			default:
			}
			if (obj.type == undefined){
				var blnchecked = false;
				for (var j = 0; j < obj.length; j++){
					if (obj[j].checked){
						blnchecked = true;
					}
				}
				if (!blnchecked){
					alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
				}
			}
		}
	}

	if (alertMsg.length == l_Msg){
		return true;
	}else{
		alert(alertMsg);
		return false;
	}
}