[FX.php List] Javascript question

[Bob Patin]

Better!

Thanks,

BP


On Aug 19, 2013, at 5:35 PM, Dale Bengston <dale.bengston at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Bob,
> 
> Here's another approach. Using str.split('|') will split your string into array elements at each instance of the specified delimiter character. It's just like explode() in php:
> 
> var str= '2014|Steven Patin';
> var parsed_str = str.split('|');
> 
> The ID is now located in parsed_str[0] and the name is in parsed_str[1].
> 
> Hope it helps,
> Dale
> 
> 
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> On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
> 
>> Worked like a charm... thanks,
>> 
>> BP
>> 
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>> On Aug 19, 2013, at 4:54 PM, "Fitzgerald, Theodore C" <ted-fitzgerald at uiowa.edu> wrote:
>> 
>>> The pipe character is a special character in regex.  You'll probably need to escape it.  
>>> 
>>> This should work:
>>> 
>>> document.write(str.search("\\|"));
>>> 
>>> Ted
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of Bob Patin
>>> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 4:42 PM
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>>> Subject: [FX.php List] Javascript question
>>> 
>>> OK, Javascript experts, splain this to me:
>>> 
>>> If I put this:
>>> 
>>> var str="2014#Steven Patin";
>>> document.write(str.search("#"));
>>> 
>>> I get 4, which is what I would expect; now, if I put this:
>>> 
>>> var str="2014|Steven Patin";
>>> document.write(str.search("|"));
>>> 
>>> I get 0.
>>> 
>>> Why?
>>> 
>>> Is a pipe not allowed? I'm trying to concatenate an ID and a name together and them parse them back out in JS, and the 2nd example fails. Stumped as to why...
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Bob Patin
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