Karl, Use of $break is not deprecated. Use of $continue is deprecated (just use a return statement). But if you want to break the loop, you still throw $break: http://www.prototypejs.org/api/enumerable/each -- T.J. Crowder tj / crowder software / com
On Oct 4, 8:43 am, kstubs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am iterating through an array, but it fails to break on the return > statement. What is working, and is suppose to be deprecated is the > throw $break. So, some example code: > > var pattern = obj.readAttribute('pattern').split('/'); > > pattern.each(function(pat) > { > // make selection based on pattern > if(obj.value.include(pat) ) > patternfound = true; > > if(patternfound) > { > obj.next().insert('found: ' + pat + '|'); > __selectString(obj, pat); > return; > } > }); > > So the obj.next, that is a span tag, and the output looks like: > found: DD|found: YYYY| > > Which indicates that it finds all possible patterns, but should break > on the first find of DD. When I replace the "return;" statement above > with: throw $break, the code behaves as expected and I get the > following output: > > found: DD| > > So what give? Any ideas on this? > > Karl.. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---