2009/6/8 Luisgo <lgo...@gmail.com>:
>
> I've been a long time user of prototype and feel very comfortable in
> most areas but this keeps coming up and I find it very annoying.
>
> I have a hash that, as the code executes is filled with numeric ID's
> as hash variable names. I basically need it to end up sort of like
> this:
>
> {
> '4567':{},
> '9546':{},
> '6497':{},
> ...
> }
>
> The problem is the IDs are passed as strings but casted as integers
> when I do:
>
> myHash.set( idPassedInVariable, {} );
>
> This causes the hash to be filled by undefined items where the
> "missing" numeric IDs would be. In the example above I would end up
> with 0 to 4566 being undefined and every space in between the rest of
> the keys.
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Isn't there a way to make set pass the
> string or is javascript simply going to force it to be a number?
>
> Thanks!
>
> >
>
Using FireBug, I entered ...
var a = {'4':{}, '8':{}, '12':{} }
and then ...
console.dir(a)
and got ...
>>> console.dir(a)
4
Object
8
Object
12
Object
Which is exactly what I would expect.
What if you cast the value as a string?
myHash.set( String(idPassedInVariable), {} );
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