Maximum number of items in Javascript array

[Luke]

Does anyone know what the maximum number of items (or characters) allowed
is, in a javascript array?

Luke
(I also posted this in alt.www.webmaster so sorry for the duplication)

[Martin Honnen]

Re: Maximum number of items in Javascript array



Luke wrote:
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> Does anyone know what the maximum number of items (or characters) allowed
> is, in a javascript array?[/color]

An array in JavaScript can have 0..(2^32-1) elements. 2^32-1 is
4,294,967,295.

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Martin Honnen

http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Luke]

Re: Maximum number of items in Javascript array

> An array in JavaScript can have 0..(2^32-1) elements. 2^32-1 is[color=blue]
> 4,294,967,295.[/color]

The array I am using is as follows:

new Array( GetMil(new Date(1992,04,05 )), GetMil(new Date(1992,08,22 )),
GetMil(new Date(1992,09,16 )) etc. which is a set of these date functions and
about 1300 characters

It uses 44 new Date() functions and it had stopped working, however when I
change the dates to 92 instead if 1992 to reduce the number of characters it
starts working again.

Anyone else got any ideas?

[Randy Webb]

Re: Maximum number of items in Javascript array

Luke wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>>An array in JavaScript can have 0..(2^32-1) elements. 2^32-1 is
>>4,294,967,295 .[/color]
>
>
> The array I am using is as follows:
>
> new Array( GetMil(new Date(1992,04,05 )), GetMil(new Date(1992,08,22 )),
> GetMil(new Date(1992,09,16 )) etc. which is a set of these date functions and
> about 1300 characters
>
> It uses 44 new Date() functions and it had stopped working, however when I
> change the dates to 92 instead if 1992 to reduce the number of characters it
> starts working again.
>
> Anyone else got any ideas?[/color]

I have had, in the past, an array that had 34,000+ entries, each being
approximately 80 characters in length. Javascript had no problems with
it. In fact, PHP had more trouble with it than JS did.

First, define "stopped working". Does it not do what it should, does it
crash the browser, lock up the browser, just hang, or what?

What does the GetMil function do? It could very well be that with the
added overhead, it becomes too many things for the browser to handle
(due to overload, RAM, etc...) and it stops execution.

To find out if its the GetMil function, hard code the 44 entries and
work your way backwards until you find the culprit.



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Randy
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[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Re: Maximum number of items in Javascript array

"Luke" <growler8@hotma il.com> writes:
[color=blue]
> The array I am using is as follows:
>
> new Array( GetMil(new Date(1992,04,05 )), GetMil(new Date(1992,08,22 )),
> GetMil(new Date(1992,09,16 )) etc. which is a set of these date functions and
> about 1300 characters
>
> It uses 44 new Date() functions and it had stopped working, however when I
> change the dates to 92 instead if 1992 to reduce the number of characters it
> starts working again.[/color]

That suggests that the problem is not the number of entries in the array,
but the length of the expression.
Are all dates on the same line (that is, a 1300 char line)? If so, try
breaking it up on several lines.

Otherwise, if there is any system to the dates, you can create the array
programmaticall y with a loop.

/L
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