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HTML
<form name='form1' id='form1'>
<select name='column' id='column'>
<option value='make'>make</option>
<option value='color'>color</option>
</select>
<input type="text" id="copy" name="copy" />
<input type="button" id="fill" name="fill" value="Fill"/>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Make</th>
<th>Color</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tr>
<td><input type='text' name='make[]' id='make1'/></td>
<td><input type='text' name='color[]' id='color1'/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type='text' name='make[]' id='make2'/></td>
<td><input type='text' name='color[]' id='color2'/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
JavaScript
$("#fill").click(function(){
testScript(5);
});
function testScript(fill) {
choice=document.form1.column.value+'[]';
for($i=0;$i<fill;$i++){
document.form1.elements[choice][$i].value=document.form1.copy.value;
}
}