I have a simple form that has some required fields in it.

<form name=form method=post>

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<label>     Name: </label><input type=text name=name required>

<label>  Address: </label><input type=text name=add required>

<label>Telephone: </label><input type=text name=tel>

<input type=submit value=Submit Form> 

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</form>

I know you can set the required attribute using document.forms['form']['name'].required = false. But is there a way where you can just check if the required attribute is set or not? I tried using getattribute() but it just returns blank. I also tried using the code below, but it always executes the statement, even if the required attribute isn't set (e.g. on the telephone field).

 if( document.forms['form']['name'].required = true)

     label.innerHTML +=  (required)

Does anyone know of a way I can do this?

Update: Both setting the if statement to == instead of = and using hasAttribute work, thanks.