If anyone can offer advice on how to write javascript to return a 0.......

[stepheng54012748]

If anyone can offer advice on how to write javascript to return a 0 if a number is less than zero I would greatly appreciate it.  I can't seem to figure this out.  Here is the scenario: I'm trying to get field L144 to return a positive number or a zero.  I'm looking at field L26 to make this determination.  I was thinking something along the lines:

var theField = event.value ("L26");

var theValue = theField.value;

if (+theValue > 0) {

    event.value (L144").value = +theValue;

}

else {

     event.value ("L144").value = "0";  

  }

Thank you in advance for any help with this!

[Bernd Alheit]

Use only event.value = ...

[stepheng54012748]

I appreciate your input.  I tried and still no success.  I'm really new at writing Javascript so i'm not in complete understanding how to write code.  I probably haven't written this correctly. 

[try67]

Post your new code, as well as any error messages you're seeing the JS Console.

[stepheng54012748]

Here is the code I have currently.  I entered an example that should have returned a positive number and nothing was returned.  I then entered a number that should have been a negative number which returned a 0 but nothing was returned.

var theField = event.value ("L26");

var theValue = theField.value;

if (+theValue > 0) {

    event.value ("Ll44").value = +theValue;

}

[Bernd Alheit · Accepted solution]

This is wrong:

event.value ("Ll44").value =

this is correct:

event.value =

[try67]

Your code is still incorrect. Use this:

var theField = this.getField("L26");
var theValue = theField.value;
if (+theValue > 0) {
    event.value = +theValue;
}

By the way, what should be the field's value if it's not bigger than zero? You're currently not applying any other value in that case, so it will stay the same.

[gkaiseril]

The script goes into the Custom JavaScript calculation for the "L26" field.

One could also add as a first line:

event.value = "";

to clear any entry in the "L26" field.

If you use the key combination "<Ctrl> + J" keys you will open the JavaScript console and should be able to see any syntax errors.