function numToWord(tree, numField, ltrField) { // Assign nodes to variables var priceNum = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:Global/my:" + tree + "/my:" + numField); var priceLtr = XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("/my:Global/my:" + tree + "/my:" + ltrField); // If it's not empty, convert the field to words if (priceNum.text != "") priceLtr.text = toWords(priceNum.text); } function makeDate(field) { numToWord("_Dates",field,field + "_"); } ** called via ** makeDate("field123");