Get name of form element

Question

i have this simple JS for validating form, can someone tell me how to get name of field (you know, name=""), it should be where NameOfSomefield is now :S I tried with someField.tagName but no luck...

function validateForm(){     var someField = document.forms["nameofofrm"]["someField"].value;     if (someField==null || someField=="") {         alert("You cannot leave blank this field: ".NameOfSomefield);         return false;     } } 

Answer 1

var name = element.getAttribute("name");