Script auto selects when i dont want it to

Question

me again sry so this script
if (this.getField("race").value = "Human"){
if (this.getField("gender").value = "Male"){
  var h_male = new Array ();
h_male[0] = "bob";
h_male[1] = "mathew";
h_male[2] = "andrew";
h_male[3] = "stephen";
h_male[4] = "ben";
var hm = math.floor(5*Math.random())
this.getField("character name").value = h_male[hm];}
else (this.getField("race").value = "Human")
(this.getField("gender").value = "Female");{
  var h_female = new Array ();
h_female[0] = "michelle";
h_female[1] = "sarah";
h_female[2] = "skye";
h_female[3] = "kayla";
h_female[4] = "louise";
var hf = Math.floor(5*Math.random())
this.getField("character name").value = h_female[hf];}
now it sort of works the problem im having is that when i hit the random button it auto puts gender to male  and random selects from h_female not the h_male
i might be wrong but i think its the (this.getField("gender").value = "Male") is writing to the field gender insted of reading it? if so how do i go about fixing it
Message was edited by: darka2011

Answer 1

Are you getting any errors in the JavaScript console?
I have a message about a missing code block terminator ,"}".
Once that is fixed, the  next message is about the reference to 'math' is not defined.
Using the nested if:
// array for random names
var aNames = new Array();
// clear the field
event.value = '';
// test for race
if (this.getField("race").value == "Human"){
   // human chose
   // test for human gender
   if (this.getField("gender").value == "Male"){
      // human male gender
      // populate male names
      aNames = ["bob", "mathew", "andrew", "stephen", "ben"];
      event.value = aNames[Math.floor(aNames.length * Math.random())];
   }else if (this.getField("gender").value == "Female"){
      // human female gender
      // populate frmale names
      aNames = ["michelle", "sarah", "skye", "kayla", "louise", 'Zelda'];
      event.value = aNames[Math.floor(aNames.length * Math.random())];
   } else {
      // human not male or female
      event.value = "";
   // end human gender options
} } else {
   event.value = '';
}  // end race options
Using the switch statement:
// array for random names
var aNames = new Array();
if (this.getField("race").value != " " & this.getField("gender").value != " ") {
switch(1) {
case (this.getField("race").value == "Human" & this.getField("gender").value == "Male"):
   // human male gender
   // populate male names
      aNames = ["bob", "mathew", "andrew", "stephen", "ben"];
      event.value = aNames[Math.floor(aNames.length * Math.random())];
break;
case (this.getField("race").value == "Human" & this.getField("gender").value == "Female"):
   // human female gender
  // populate frmale names
      aNames = ["michelle", "sarah", "skye", "kayla", "louise", 'zelda'];
      event.value = aNames[Math.floor(aNames.length * Math.random())];
break;
default:
// for all non-matched items
app.alert('No match');
break;
} // end switch selections
} else {
event.value = '';
} // end if race and gender not empty