thank you very much for that hint - yes, not very elegant, but it works ...
Andreas Zitiere Jim Ley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > "Andreas Neumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > what you can do is: > > > > > > a=[] > > > a['chicken']=whatever > > > a.push(a['chicken']) > > > > > > for (i=0;i<a.length;i++) alert(a) > > > > ok, got that - works fine so far. But is there a way, while using > your > above > > described for-loop to get at the same time the key of the associative > array > > back, that is corresponding with the value? > > No, you'll have to create objects containing the name value > > a=[] > a['chicken']={key:'chicken',value:whatever} > a.push(a['chicken']) > > Then access them with a[0].key / a[0].value - but of course that's > duplicating stuff. > > var fruits = new Array(); > fruits["oranges"] = {key:'oranges',value:25}; > fruits.push(fruits["oranges"]); > fruits["bananas"] = {key:'bananas',value:15}; > fruits.push(fruits["bananas"]); > fruits["pineapples"] = {key:'pineapples',value:8}; > fruits.push(fruits["pineapples"]); > > for (i=0;i<fruits.length;i++) { > alert(fruits[i].key+','+fruits[i].value); > } > > Which is pretty nasty... > > 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]
