On Nov 2, 5:31 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello - Thank you for helping. > > The array of encoded polylines doesn't really need to have a backslash > in it, right?
No. The backslash is one of the many characters used by encoded polylines. The characters used are ASCII 63 to 127, and the backslash is 92, so if the encoding algorithm put a backslash there, then it needs to be there. Because the backslash is an escape character, you need to escape it, so that it doesn't act as an escape character, but as a normal one. See: http://facstaff.unca.edu/mcmcclur/GoogleMaps/EncodePolyline/ http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/polylinealgorithm.html -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- > My original thought was to have each polyline as an array entry along > with " " which - for the first responder's suggestion, I believe I now > have by adding ' " ... " '; around each encoded polyline entry. > > If that is correct (and I don't have nor need backslashes), then I'm > stumped on the function call. > > The encoded polyline API requires the parameter to be in a string in > quotes (I'm pretty sure I'm not telling you something you don't > already know! Please forgive me as I'm trying to set-up the question): > > var encodedPolyline = new GPolyline.fromEncoded ({ > ... > points: "iygwDrnmvQxzCldE|r...@fcrqc~le`_cnycxmvff", > levels: "BBBBBB", > zoomFactor ... > > }); > > But I'm missing something in how I'm trying to reference the array > entry in a line like: > > points: polylineZ[ i ], > levels: polylevelZ[ i ], > > I'm concerned I'm missing a more fundamental point in the suggestions > for double-escapes. > > Jeff > > On Nov 2, 10:18 am, Marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Nov 2, 3:44 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If this is what you mean, I tried substituting ' " ... " ' for > > > "\" ... \""; in the array entries but that didn't work; > > > No. Backslashes are escape characters, and therefore they need to be > > escaped themselves, so that they function as a regular character, and > > not as an escape character. > > So, '\' needs to become '\\', and > > > mE~Ls\?zLpV > > > needs to become > > mE~Ls\\?zLpV > > > -- > > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > > -- > > > > no spaces > > > between single and double quote - I just typed in this response for > > > clarity. > > > > I'm googling for explanations on why double escaping would work. The > > > original quote did correctly show the "..." in the encoded poly when I > > > printed it out to the screen, so the quotes are being concatenated to > > > the string in the array entry. > > > > Thanks for your reply > > > > Jeff > > > > On Nov 2, 8:27 am, "maps.huge.info [Maps API Guru]" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Have you tried double escaping your backslashes? (\\) > > > > > Have you tried using a combination of single and double quotes instead > > > > of escaping your quotes? > > > > > -John Coryat > > > > >http://maps.huge.info > > > > >http://www.usnaviguide.com > > > > >http://www.zipmaps.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
