Javascript get value by radio button name

Question

first of all i am a beginner in javascript, a really big beginer

Can someone give me a hint on this?

I have a form, on the form i have a radio button.

And i would like to that if the radio is set yes , it would show the value of it on another page.

And i would like to get the value by the input name

is it possible?

I'm not asking to write my code, but just an example for a start.

i was tried with this just for a test

<input type="hidden" name="the_name" value="yes">

if(the_name.element == 'yes') {
    alert('cool');
}

Answer 1

the_name.value, not the_name.element

Answer 2

You can use getElementsByName() for accessing the elements value via the input name. But as a standard and since it helps load off the DOM we use getElementById() instead of the name. Also you can start from here -> http://eloquentjavascript.net/