JavaScript Dictionary
Excellent. The 4guysfromrolla example is very helpful, thanks. I've pasted a complete javascript.js file below which allows one to create a dictionary to make calls like the following:
var userDict = new Dictionary();
userDict.Add("smith", "admin");
userDict.Add("jones", "user");
userDict.Delete("jones");
var keys = userDict.Keys
for(var i=0; i<keys.length; i++)
{
alert((keys[i]+": "+userDict.Lookup(keys[i])));
}
Admittedly, the keys array is inefficient, but it's very handy in situations where the dictionary is small.
--Brett
//===========================================================================// Provides a Dictionary object for client-side java scripts//===========================================================================functionLookup(key){return(this[key]);}functionDelete(){for(c=0; c <Delete.arguments.length; c++){this[Delete.arguments[c]]=null;}// Adjust the keys (not terribly efficient)var keys =newArray()for(var i=0; i<this.Keys.length; i++){if(this[this.Keys[i]]!=null) keys[keys.length]=this.Keys[i];}this.Keys= keys;}functionAdd(){for(c=0; c <Add.arguments.length; c+=2){// Add the propertythis[Add.arguments[c]]=Add.arguments[c+1];// And add it to the keys arraythis.Keys[this.Keys.length]=Add.arguments[c];}}functionDictionary(){this.Add=Add;this.Lookup=Lookup;this.Delete=Delete;this.Keys=newArray();}