/* JavaScript Bible, Fourth Edition by Danny Goodman
John Wiley & Sons CopyRight 2001 */
<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Our Solar System</TITLE> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- start script // method definition function showPlanet() { var result = "<HTML><BODY><CENTER><TABLE BORDER=2>" result += "<CAPTION ALIGN=TOP>Planetary data for: <B>" + this.name + "</B></CAPTION>" result += "<TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>Diameter:</TD><TD>" + this.diameter + "</TD></TR>" result += "<TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>Distance from Sun:</TD><TD>" + this.distance + "</TD></TR>" result += "<TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>One Orbit Around Sun:</TD><TD>" + this.year + "</TD></TR>" result += "<TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT>One Revolution (Earth Time):</TD><TD>" + this.day + "</TD></TR>" result += "</TABLE></CENTER></BODY></HTML>" // display results in a second frame of the window document.write(result) document.close() } // definition of planet object type; // 'new' will create a new instance and stuff parameter data into object function planet(name, diameter, distance, year, day) { this.name = name this.diameter = diameter this.distance = distance this.year = year this.day = day this.showPlanet = showPlanet // make showPlanet() function a planet method } // create new planet objects, and store in a series of variables var Mercury = new planet("Mercury","3100 miles", "36 million miles", "88 days", "59 days") var Venus = new planet("Venus", "7700 miles", "67 million miles", "225 days", "244 days") var Earth = new planet("Earth", "7920 miles", "93 million miles", "365.25 days","24 hours") var Mars = new planet("Mars", "4200 miles", "141 million miles", "687 days", "24 hours, 24 minutes") var Jupiter = new planet("Jupiter","88,640 miles","483 million miles", "11.9 years", "9 hours, 50 minutes") var Saturn = new planet("Saturn", "74,500 miles","886 million miles", "29.5 years", "10 hours, 39 minutes") var Uranus = new planet("Uranus", "32,000 miles","1.782 billion miles", "84 years", "23 hours") var Neptune = new planet("Neptune","31,000 miles","2.793 billion miles", "165 years", "15 hours, 48 minutes") var Pluto = new planet("Pluto", "1500 miles", "3.67 billion miles", "248 years", "6 days, 7 hours") // called from push button to invoke planet object method function doDisplay(popup) { i = popup.selectedIndex eval(popup.options[i].text + ".showPlanet()") } // end script --> </SCRIPT> <BODY> <H1>The Daily Planet</H1> <HR> <FORM> <P>Select a planet to view its planetary data:
<SELECT NAME='planetsList' onChange='doDisplay(this)'> <OPTION>Mercury <OPTION>Venus <OPTION SELECTED>Earth <OPTION>Mars <OPTION>Jupiter <OPTION>Saturn <OPTION>Uranus <OPTION>Neptune <OPTION>Pluto </SELECT></P> </FORM> </BODY> </HTML>
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