Checkboxes in Javascript
Here's the deal.  The task is to write a function which should be able determine the number of checkboxes checked for each question and prompt a user if more than 3 answeres were selected. 
I have a total of 8 questions and each question has 4 to 8 answers, in the checkbox format. 
This is what I came up with:  
 
    function countChecks(){
       var m = 0;
       var n = 0;
     chk = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID");
 
      for(var i=0; i<myitems.length i=""></myitems.length>
       var value = myItems[i];
 
      for(n = 0; n < value.length; n++) {
     if(value[n].checked)  {
      m++;
     }
     }
     return m;
     }
 
 the above function works fine for one question and returns 'm' to the main fucntion, which handles it this way:
 
    var check = countchecks();
 
    if (check > 3)
     alert ("more than 3 checkboxes were selected");
       else { 
     //do the thing 
    }  
   
  to traverse all the 8 questions this is what I came up with: 
 
     function countChecks(){
 
       var m = 0;
       var n = 0;
 
  //this captures id's for the right questions
  
     chk = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID");
     chk2 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID2");
     chk3 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID3");
     chk4 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID4");
     chk5 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID5");
     chk6 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID6");
     chk8 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID8");
     chk9 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID9");
 
      var myItems = new Array();
 
      myItems[0]= chk;
      myItems[1]= chk2;
      myItems[2]= chk3;
      myItems[3]= chk4;
      myItems[4]= chk5;
      myItems[5]= chk6;
      myItems[6]= chk8;
      myItems[7]= chk9;
 
 //loops through all the questions
    for(var i=0; i<myitems.length i=""></myitems.length>
      var value = myItems[i];
 
  //loops through the checkboxes for each question   
 
     for(n = 0; n < value.length; n++)
      {
      if( value[n].checked)
      {
   	      m++;
         if (m > 3) {
        return false; 
       }
      }
     }
       }
    }
 
and the main body handles it like this:
 
    var check = countChecks() 
    if (check == false)
    alert ("more than 3 checkboxes were selected");
       else {
    //do the thing
      }
 
It is something very simple I'm missing in the countChecks() function 
Any ideas?

Checkboxes in Javascript
===

Here's the deal.  The task is to write a function which should be able determine the number of checkboxes checked for each question and prompt a user if more than 3 answeres were selected. 
I have a total of 8 questions and each question has 4 to 8 answers, in the checkbox format. 
This is what I came up with:  
 
    function countChecks(){
       var m = 0;
       var n = 0;
     chk = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID");
 
      for(var i=0; i<myitems.length i=""></myitems.length>
       var value = myItems[i];
 
      for(n = 0; n < value.length; n++) {
     if(value[n].checked)  {
      m++;
     }
     }
     return m;
     }
 
 the above function works fine for one question and returns 'm' to the main fucntion, which handles it this way:
 
    var check = countchecks();
 
    if (check > 3)
     alert ("more than 3 checkboxes were selected");
       else { 
     //do the thing 
    }  
   
  to traverse all the 8 questions this is what I came up with: 
 
     function countChecks(){
 
       var m = 0;
       var n = 0;
 
  //this captures id's for the right questions
  
     chk = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID");
     chk2 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID2");
     chk3 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID3");
     chk4 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID4");
     chk5 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID5");
     chk6 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID6");
     chk8 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID8");
     chk9 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID9");
 
      var myItems = new Array();
 
      myItems[0]= chk;
      myItems[1]= chk2;
      myItems[2]= chk3;
      myItems[3]= chk4;
      myItems[4]= chk5;
      myItems[5]= chk6;
      myItems[6]= chk8;
      myItems[7]= chk9;
 
 //loops through all the questions
    for(var i=0; i<myitems.length i=""></myitems.length>
      var value = myItems[i];
 
  //loops through the checkboxes for each question   
 
     for(n = 0; n < value.length; n++)
      {
      if( value[n].checked)
      {
   	      m++;
         if (m > 3) {
        return false; 
       }
      }
     }
       }
    }
 
and the main body handles it like this:
 
    var check = countChecks() 
    if (check == false)
    alert ("more than 3 checkboxes were selected");
       else {
    //do the thing
      }
 
It is something very simple I'm missing in the countChecks() function 
Any ideas?
