ok - I do understand that the sorting in associative arrays is implementation specific
but what alternative do I have to the "for .. in" loop. How can I step through all elements of an associative array withouth using "for .. in" Or should I avoid using associative arrays at all? Would be bad news. I am quite used to associative arrays, coming from perl/PHP apologize if that is a stupid question. I am not a good programmer ... Thanks for ideas on that issue, Andreas Zitiere Jim Ley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "Andreas Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Later on I use a "for ... in" loop to extract the values of the > associative > > array. > > This isn't really safe, because things in the prototype also can get > enumerated so if I do: > > Array.prototype.chicken=function() {alert('a') } > > n=[] > n['a']=1 > > for (i in n) alert(i) > > will alert a and chicken > > > It appears that the Rhino js engine automatically sorts > alphabetically > > according to the index value, which means, that "Asians" come first, > then > " > > Blacks", .... > > Perfectly valid behaviour, there's no reliability on the ordering, it's > implementation specific, I'd recommend rewriting to avoid needing for i > in a > syntax. > > Jim. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible ... -- M. DeVos ---------------------------------------------- Andreas Neumann - Department of Cartography Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) ETH Hoenggerberg, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland Phone: ++41-1-633 3031, Fax: ++41-1-633 1153 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.karto.ethz.ch/neumann/ SVG.Open/Carto.net: http://www.svgopen.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
