Image preloading with for loop not working

[markcholden]

So I've got some code that's intended to preload images for rollover. The code goes like this:

left_nav=document.getElementById('left_mouseovers');
left_tags=left_nav.getElementsByTagName('p');
var imgs=new Array();
for(var i=0;i<left_tags.length;i++)
{
  imgs[i]=new Image();
  imgs[i].src='splash_'+left_tags[i]+'.jpg';
}

I know the first two lines work because I use them later on in the script for a different purpose. My question, then, is why doesn't the loop preload the images?

[COBOLdinosaur]

it fails because left_tags is an array of object, not an array of string which is how you are using it. I assume you want to use the id of the paragraphs so the correct line of code would be:

imgs[i].src='splash_'+left_tags[i].id+'.jpg';

[markcholden]

D'oh! Thanks so much.

[COBOLdinosaur]

It just takes a second set of eyes sometimes.