Try/catch in IE 6.0

[Dag Sunde]

Can anyone shed som light on why i get a syntax error
on the "catch" statement in the followng code fragment
running under IE6.0/WinXP SP1?

try {
for (var i=0; i < oAreas.length; i++) {

areaName = marketInfo.XMLD ocument.selectS ingleNode(
"marketInformat ion/areas/area[areaId='" +
oAreas.item(i). text +
"']/areaCode");

areaBuffer += "<option value='" + oAreas.item(i). text + "'>" +
areaName.text + "</option>";
}
catch (areaError) {
alert("Possible inconsistency in area definitions, please contact the
exchange.");
}

TIA...

--
Dag.

[Michael Winter]

Re: Try/catch in IE 6.0

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:32:58 GMT, Dag Sunde <me@dagsunde.co m> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Can anyone shed som light on why i get a syntax error on the "catch"
> statement in the followng code fragment running under IE6.0/WinXP SP1?
>
> try {
> for (var i=0; i < oAreas.length; i++) {[/color]

[snip]
[color=blue]
> }
> catch (areaError) {[/color]
^
Because you're missing a closing brace.

[snip]

Mike

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Michael Winter
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[Dag Sunde]

Re: Try/catch in IE 6.0

"Michael Winter" <M.Winter@bluey onder.co.invali d> wrote in message
news:opsi5m0pqr x13kvk@atlantis ...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:32:58 GMT, Dag Sunde <me@dagsunde.co m> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > Can anyone shed som light on why i get a syntax error on the "catch"
> > statement in the followng code fragment running under IE6.0/WinXP SP1?
> >
> > try {
> > for (var i=0; i < oAreas.length; i++) {[/color]
>
> [snip]
>[color=green]
> > }
> > catch (areaError) {[/color]
> ^
> Because you're missing a closing brace.
>[/color]

Damn! (It's going to be one of those days, I see...)

Thank's Mike!

--
Dag.

[Douglas Crockford]

Re: Try/catch in IE 6.0

> Can anyone shed som light on why i get a syntax error[color=blue]
> on the "catch" statement in the followng code fragment
> running under IE6.0/WinXP SP1?
>
> try {
> for (var i=0; i < oAreas.length; i++) {
>
> areaName = marketInfo.XMLD ocument.selectS ingleNode(
> "marketInformat ion/areas/area[areaId='" +
> oAreas.item(i). text +
> "']/areaCode");
>
> areaBuffer += "<option value='" + oAreas.item(i). text + "'>" +
> areaName.text + "</option>";
> }
> catch (areaError) {
> alert("Possible inconsistency in area definitions, please contact the
> exchange.");
> }[/color]

I ran it through JSLINT and it found that the catch is at the wrong
depth. You are missing a '}'. If you indented your code properly, this
kind of error is easier to spot.

try {
for (var i = 0; i < oAreas.length; i += 1) {

areaName = marketInfo.XMLD ocument.selectS ingleNode(
"marketInformat ion/areas/area[areaId='" +
oAreas.item(i). text + "']/areaCode");

areaBuffer += "<option value='" + oAreas.item(i). text + "'>" +
areaName.text + "</option>";
}
}
catch (areaError) {
alert("Possible inconsistency in area definitions, " +
"please contact the exchange.");
}

Neatness counts.

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/lint.html

[Dag Sunde]

Re: Try/catch in IE 6.0

Believe me, it is intended and neat in my editor, I still didn't
catch it (no pun intended).

It was just Outlook Express the F*ck'ed it up a little when I
Posted it.

:-\

Thanks!
[color=blue]
> I ran it through JSLINT and it found that the catch is at the wrong
> depth. You are missing a '}'. If you indented your code properly, this
> kind of error is easier to spot.
>
> try {
> for (var i = 0; i < oAreas.length; i += 1) {
>
> areaName = marketInfo.XMLD ocument.selectS ingleNode(
> "marketInformat ion/areas/area[areaId='" +
> oAreas.item(i). text + "']/areaCode");
>
> areaBuffer += "<option value='" + oAreas.item(i). text + "'>" +
> areaName.text + "</option>";
> }
> }
> catch (areaError) {
> alert("Possible inconsistency in area definitions, " +
> "please contact the exchange.");
> }
>
> Neatness counts.
>
> http://www.crockford.com/javascript/lint.html[/color]