Getting chart data to work within a function

Answer 1

data expects array.

try:

data: theDATA.split(','); 

if you are passing the string.

You can also convert theDATA to array before passing it to the drawChart function

EDIT

i found the problem

data: [3,4,6]

works, but:

data["3","4","6"]

doesn't work, and that is what you get after split, an array of strings, but it expects an array of integers

one solution is

data: theDATA.split(",").map(function(element){ return parseInt(element)})

the other solution is that you from your chartData.asp return JSON array. So instead of returning "2,3,4,5,6" you return [3,4,5,6,7] and call you function with

drawChart(eval(xmlhttp.responseText));

combined with

data: thisData