javascript functions problem

[akb077]

I am having problems trying to insert this function into this piece of code below.


[CODE=javascript]var pages=['www.lboro.ac.u k:degree programmes','ch annel4.co.uk', 'www.bbc.co.uk: sports', 'www.skynews.co m:the best election']
var w='degree'
var p=0
if(pages[p].indexOf(w)<0)
alert ('not found')
else
alert('found')[/CODE]

i want to use the function find_1(w,p) - to discover if the string w appears in the string pages[p]. Gives an alert of w 'found' or 'not found'. but when i put the function, it doesn't run

[JosAH]

You don't have Java problems, you have Javascript problems; those two languages
are not the same no matter their name similarity. Do you want me to move your
question over to the .NET forum where such questions are answered?

kind regards,

Jos (moderator)

[karthickkuchanur]

whats wrong in it its working fine

[gits]

what do you mean with 'put the function' ... where do you include/call it?

kind regards

[rnd me]

i think you need brackets for else.

thus:

if(pages[p].indexOf(w)<0)
alert ('not found')
else
alert('found')

should be

if(pages[p].indexOf(w)<0){
  alert ('not found')
}else{
  alert('found'); 
}

[gits]

unless there is just one, and only one, statement, the brackets are not strictly required ... but i would even recommend that they are always used since you just have to add them when you want to extend the code later on ... and even use the semicolon to terminate the statements ... its good practice to do so, even when they are not strictly required too :)

kind regards

[rnd me]

unless there is just one, and only one, statement, the brackets are not strictly required ... but i would even recommend that they are always used since you just have to add them when you want to extend the code later on ... and even use the semicolon to terminate the statements ... its good practice to do so, even when they are not strictly required too :)

kind regards

touchè.


thanks, its been a couple months since i learned something new about javascript.
also gave me another optimization for my code compressor.

[gits]

so do you want to 'compress-remove' the brackets, for deployment-versions? quite a nice idea, and certainly worth a look at ... since a lot of brackets and whitespaces could be left out for getting a working script, but its not well readable then ;)

kind regards