[dtmp]

Just need a little help to point me in the right direction to research this. I need to access an 8x8 data table using two supplied variables(x and y). What's the correct operator or function for this in javascript. In my newbie mind, I came up with 16 if-then statements, I'm sure there's a better way.

[NeverMind]

While I am not very sure of what you mean but you could use getElementById() and name your cells by their coordinates (e.g. first cell 1_1, next 1_2, etc)

so whenever you want to access the cell at row 3 , column 5 you just call:
document.getElementById('3_5')

[dtmp]

Hmm, is getElementById() only for elements in the html page? The table I'm referring to is shipping costs for various zones.

After further research, I'm thinking maybe a multidimensional array to store the table info.

To further explain the purpose of the script:
User enters zipcode, # of widgets and carrier(2 options). zone is determined by zipcode, then shipping is looked up in one of the two carrier tables using zone and # of widgets.

[jfulton]

"table" = database table, HTML <table>, or something completely different? Could you try to explain your problem a bit more?

[TwoD]

If you're just want a lookup-table, here's an easy way..
myArray = [] is short for myArray = new Array()

myTable = [
   [1, 2, 3],
   [4, 'Hello', 6],
   [7, 8, 9]
 ]
getOne = myTable[0][0]
getHello = myTable[1][1]
getEight = myTable[2][1]
getNine = myTable[2][2] 

And there you have a multidimensional array...
If you need to use keys which are not integers, you'll have to use an Object instead of Arrays.

myTable2 = {
   'key 1': {
      'subkey 1': 1,
      'subkey 2': 2,
      'subkey 3': 3
      },
   'key 2': {
      'subkey 4': 4,
      'subkey 5': 'Hello',
      'subkey 6': 6
      },
   'key 3': {
      'subkey 7': 7,
      'subkey 8': 8,
      'subkey 9': 9
      }
}
 
getOne2 = myTable2['key 1']['subkey 1']
getHello2 = myTable2['key 2']['subkey 5']
getNine2 = myTable2['key 3']['subkey 9'] 

Hope that helps.