Newsletters December 6th, 1997

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Easter
Saturday 6th December 1997
http://www.btinternet.com/~martin.webb/js052/index.html
This article will describe how to calculate the date of Easter Sunday,
"held on a variable Sunday in March or April". This date will then be
used to calculate other religious dates dependent on Easter Sunday.

Selecting Random Numbers
Saturday 29th November 1997
http://www.btinternet.com/~martin.webb/js051/index.html
This article describes how to select random numbers from a range, to
produce a selection of lottery numbers. As an added bonus it shows
how to also randomly show a background color.

The 3rd Saturday in November
Monday 22nd November 1997
http://www.btinternet.com/~martin.webb/js050/index.html
Describes how to calculate the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and last weekdays
of any month. This will then be used to calculate the dates of various
variable Calendar Events or Holidays.

Addressing Form Field Validation with Regular Expressions and JavaScript 1.2
Sunday 16th November 1997
http://www.btinternet.com/~martin.webb/js049/index.html
Guest Author Jason Nugent describes how to validate form fields using
the new JavaScript 1.2 Regular Expression methods. He also describes
a method for older browsers.


Recently Updated Articles:
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Highlighting Images (#2)
Saturday 15th November 1997
http://www.btinternet.com/~martin.webb/js009/index.html
Enhancements to the previous Highlighting Images article. Updated to
include MSIE 4 and NN 4.

Highlighting Images
Saturday 15th November 1997
http://www.btinternet.com/~martin.webb/js006/index.html
Highlighting images. Updated to include MSIE 4 and NN 4.

Changing the location of another frame
Saturday 22nd November 1997
http://www.btinternet.com/~martin.webb/js015/index.html
Describes how to use a text box and/or a button to change various
frame locations.  Update to highlight a NN2 bug.


Articles in the pipeline:
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Arrays, Object Arrays and Sorting - shows how to sort arrays using
the JavaScript 1.1 array sort method. We'll also describe the
different options available during sorting, and how to sort arrays
for browsers that don't support the sort method, or where the sort
method does not work correctly. For JavaScript 1.1 browsers we'll
also describe how to implement a bubble sort in JavaScript, which
will be used to sort object arrays.

Extending "Born of the 4th of July" - describes how to merge all the 
calendar events and holidays calculated in the three different articles
Born of the 4th of July, Easter and The 3rd Saturday in November into
one object array.  We'll also show how to sort the array in JavaScript
1.1 browsers, and how to simulate an array sort using linked lists.

Today's The Day - brings together the last few articles, to produce a
page that shows all data regarding any date entered: full date, age,
events, birthstone, Zodiac star sign, Chinese year, lottery numbers
and random colors.   As an added extra it also includes images of
birthstones, zodiac star sign and the animal associated with the
Chinese year.

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