tekniklr/null.html

## null.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang='en'>
  <head>
    <meta charset='utf-8'>
    <meta content='IE=edge,chrome=1' http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible'>
    <meta content='text/html;charset=utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type'>
    <title>null</title>
    <!-- was curious how this ( http://gizmodo.com/it-really-sucks-to-be-named-jennifer-null-1767159091 )  even happens - how does a form input validate a string value from a submitted form as equivalent to null??? -->
    <script type="text/javascript">
      function do_it() {
        var the_thing = document.getElementById('the_thing').value;
        var interpreted_thing = '';
        if (the_thing == null) {
          interpreted_thing = 'literally null';
        } else if (the_thing == '') {
          interpreted_thing = 'blank';
        } else {
          interpreted_thing = the_thing;
        }
        alert('yo, the thing is '+interpreted_thing);
      }
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form>
      <label for="the_thing">The thing:</label>
      <input type="text" id="the_thing" />
      <input type="submit" value="what" onclick="javascript:do_it(); return false;" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html lang='en'>
	<head>
	<meta charset='utf-8'>
	<meta content='IE=edge,chrome=1' http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible'>
	<meta content='text/html;charset=utf-8' http-equiv='Content-Type'>
	<title>null</title>
	<!-- was curious how this ( http://gizmodo.com/it-really-sucks-to-be-named-jennifer-null-1767159091 ) even happens - how does a form input validate a string value from a submitted form as equivalent to null??? -->
	<script type="text/javascript">
	function do_it() {
	var the_thing = document.getElementById('the_thing').value;
	var interpreted_thing = '';
	if (the_thing == null) {
	interpreted_thing = 'literally null';
	} else if (the_thing == '') {
	interpreted_thing = 'blank';
	} else {
	interpreted_thing = the_thing;
	}
	alert('yo, the thing is '+interpreted_thing);
	}
	</script>
	</head>
	<body>
	<form>
	<label for="the_thing">The thing:</label>
	<input type="text" id="the_thing" />
	<input type="submit" value="what" onclick="javascript:do_it(); return false;" />
	</form>
	</body>
	</html>