Simple problem with function.

[koen colen]

Hi, simple question I guess. The question is actually in the code itself as
this was the simplest way to explain.

....
var favorite = GetCookie('lang ');

if (favorite != null) {
switch (favorite) {
case 'nederlands' : url = 'ned.html';
break;
case 'english' : url = 'en.html';
break;
case 'francais' : url = 'fr.html';
break;
case 'deutsch' : url = 'de.html';
break;
case 'italiano' : url = 'I dont want you to take another page, continue
loading this page because this is the italiano page';

}
window.location .href = url;
}
....

Anyone can give me the magic word I'm searching for? I thought it was "self"
but that didn't do the trick, damn :-). And when I leave it empty then it
hangs in a loop. I just want to say "when case is Italiano skip "the
window.location .href" part and continue loading this page.

Many Thanks!
--

Grtz,
Koen Colen

[Douglas Crockford]

Re: Simple problem with function.

> Hi, simple question I guess. The question is actually in the code itself as[color=blue]
> this was the simplest way to explain.
>
> var favorite = GetCookie('lang ');
>
> if (favorite != null) {
> switch (favorite) {
> case 'nederlands' : url = 'ned.html';
> break;
> case 'english' : url = 'en.html';
> break;
> case 'francais' : url = 'fr.html';
> break;
> case 'deutsch' : url = 'de.html';
> break;
> case 'italiano' : url = 'I dont want you to take another page, continue
> loading this page because this is the italiano page';
>
> }
> window.location .href = url;
> }
> ...
>
> Anyone can give me the magic word I'm searching for? I thought it was "self"
> but that didn't do the trick, damn :-). And when I leave it empty then it
> hangs in a loop. I just want to say "when case is Italiano skip "the
> window.location .href" part and continue loading this page.[/color]

First, the title of the message is wrong. This isn't a function. A function is a
very specific and useful thing. Call things by their correct names.

Second, you are using a switch statement to do something better done with an
object.

var pages = {nederlands: 'ned.html', english: 'en.html', francais:
'fr.html', deutsch: 'de.html'};

function lang_page(lang) {
var u = pages[lang];
if (typeof u == 'string') {
window.location .href = u;
}
}

http://www.crockford.com/#javascript

[Michael Winter]

Re: Simple problem with function.

On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:26:47 GMT, koen colen <koen.colen@pan dora.be> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Anyone can give me the magic word I'm searching for? I thought it was
> "self" but that didn't do the trick, damn :-). And when I leave it
> empty then it hangs in a loop. I just want to say "when case is
> Italiano skip "the window.location .href" part and continue loading
> this page.[/color]

Simply modify it to:

function changePage() {
var favorite = GetCookie('lang ');
var url = null;

if (favorite != null) {
switch (favorite) {
case 'nederlands':
url = 'ned.html';
break;
case 'english':
url = 'en.html';
break;
case 'francais':
url = 'fr.html';
break;
case 'deutsch':
url = 'de.html';
break;
case 'italiano':
// no action
break;
}
}
if (url) window.location .href = url;
}

If you're trying to reload the page, you could replace "// no action" with
"window.locatio n.reload();".

Hope that helps,
Mike

--
Michael Winter
M.Winter@blueyo nder.co.invalid (replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply)

[koen colen]

Re: Simple problem with function.

That was exactly what I was looking for Mike. Many thanks! Thanks for the
reply Douglas!

And I'm meaning it :-)
Koen


"Michael Winter" <M.Winter@bluey onder.co.invali d> schreef in bericht
news:opr11lrcyg 5vklcq@news-text.blueyonder .co.uk...[color=blue]
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:26:47 GMT, koen colen <koen.colen@pan dora.be>[/color]
wrote:[color=blue]
>[color=green]
> > Anyone can give me the magic word I'm searching for? I thought it was
> > "self" but that didn't do the trick, damn :-). And when I leave it
> > empty then it hangs in a loop. I just want to say "when case is
> > Italiano skip "the window.location .href" part and continue loading
> > this page.[/color]
>
> Simply modify it to:
>
> function changePage() {
> var favorite = GetCookie('lang ');
> var url = null;
>
> if (favorite != null) {
> switch (favorite) {
> case 'nederlands':
> url = 'ned.html';
> break;
> case 'english':
> url = 'en.html';
> break;
> case 'francais':
> url = 'fr.html';
> break;
> case 'deutsch':
> url = 'de.html';
> break;
> case 'italiano':
> // no action
> break;
> }
> }
> if (url) window.location .href = url;
> }
>
> If you're trying to reload the page, you could replace "// no action" with
> "window.locatio n.reload();".
>
> Hope that helps,
> Mike
>
> --
> Michael Winter
> M.Winter@blueyo nder.co.invalid (replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply)[/color]

[Evertjan.]

Re: Simple problem with function.

koen colen wrote on 19 jan 2004 in comp.lang.javas cript:
[color=blue]
> var favorite = GetCookie('lang ');
>
> if (favorite != null) {
> switch (favorite) {
> case 'nederlands' : url = 'ned.html';
> break;
> case 'english' : url = 'en.html';
> break;
> case 'francais' : url = 'fr.html';
> break;
> case 'deutsch' : url = 'de.html';
> break;
> case 'italiano' : url = 'I dont want you to take another page, continue
> loading this page because this is the italiano page';
>
>}
> window.location .href = url;
>}
> ...
>[/color]

Ik zou het zo doen:

var favorite = GetCookie('lang '); // in fact unknown function?
if (favorite == 'nederlands') location.href=' ned.html';
if (favorite == 'english') location.href=' en.html';
if (favorite == 'francais') location.href=' fr.html';
if (favorite == 'deutsch') location.href=' de.html';
// 'italiano'


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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[Evertjan.]

Re: Simple problem with function.

Michael Winter wrote on 19 jan 2004 in comp.lang.javas cript:
[color=blue]
> On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:26:47 GMT, koen colen <koen.colen@pan dora.be>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Anyone can give me the magic word I'm searching for? I thought it was
>> "self" but that didn't do the trick, damn :-). And when I leave it
>> empty then it hangs in a loop. I just want to say "when case is
>> Italiano skip "the window.location .href" part and continue loading
>> this page.[/color]
>
> Simply modify it to:
>
> function changePage() {
> var favorite = GetCookie('lang ');
> var url = null;
>
> if (favorite != null) {
> switch (favorite) {
> case 'nederlands':
> url = 'ned.html';
> break;
> case 'english':
> url = 'en.html';
> break;
> case 'francais':
> url = 'fr.html';
> break;
> case 'deutsch':
> url = 'de.html';
> break;
> case 'italiano':
> // no action
> break;
> }
> }
> if (url) window.location .href = url;
> }
>
> If you're trying to reload the page, you could replace "// no action"
> with "window.locatio n.reload();".[/color]

Then it would reload forever !


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Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

[Michael Winter]

Re: Simple problem with function.

On 20 Jan 2004 00:28:53 GMT, Evertjan. <exjxw.hannivoo rt@interxnl.net >
wrote:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> If you're trying to reload the page, you could replace "// no action"
>> with "window.locatio n.reload();".[/color]
>
> Then it would reload forever ![/color]

That's an incredibly good point.

I've e-mailed the OP to apprise him of that absurdly stupid error. Thank
you so much, Evertjan, for saying that.

Mike

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Michael Winter
M.Winter@blueyo nder.co.invalid (replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply)