"undefined" with setTimeout

[gomzi]

hi,
I am posting below my javascript code,
function displaynames(na me)
{
var names = name.split(",") ;
var t = setTimeout("sho wnames('" + names + "')",5000);
}

function shownames(names )
{
var i=0;
while(i<names.l ength)
{
alert(names[i]);
i=i+1;
}

Initially displaynames gets called, then after the split, it calls the shownames function. But when i try to display the values through the while loop i get "undefined" instead of the real values.

Am able to display the values in the displaynames function.

any idea as to whats going wrong here?

[mrhoo]

SetTimeout evaluates its first argument to a string,
so the array is joined before it is passed to shownames.

Pass the string to displaynames and do the split in shownames:

function displaynames(name){
	var t = setTimeout("shownames('" + name + "')",5000);
}

function shownames(name){
	var names = name.split(",");
	var i=0, L=names.length;
	while(i<L){
		alert(names[i++]);		
	}
}

[acoder]

Changed thread title.