Hi Alex, Yup, that's it exactly. The API docs[1] have an example (although it's pretty minimal) and more importantly, further information about the parameters.
[1] http://api.prototypejs.org/language/enumerable.html#each-instance_method -- T.J. On Sep 24, 11:23 am, "Alex McAuley" <webmas...@thecarmarketplace.com> wrote: > Thanks TJ. > > Do you have an example on the loop .. > > Does it go somehing like > > items.each(function(item) { > > alert(item.title+ ' ' +item.content); > > }); > > ? > > Alex Mcauleyhttp://www.thevacancymarket.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "T.J. Crowder" <t...@crowdersoftware.com> > To: "Prototype & script.aculo.us" <prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 11:17 AM > Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: Json and prototype > > Hi Alex, > > Enumerable#each will loop through the array, or of course just a > boring old-fashioned for loop is fine. For splitting the strings into > individual characters, you can use String#split with "" as the > separator, that gives you back an array of one-character strings > (which you could use Enumerable#each on, or just a for loop). For > appending them to the page, you'd either just append the characters to > innerHTML (directly or via update) or append spans, whichever performs > more smoothly in your tests. > > FWIW, > -- > T.J. Crowder > tj / crowder software / comwww.crowdersoftware.com > > On Sep 24, 10:26 am, Alex Mcauley <webmas...@thecarmarketplace.com> > wrote: > > Good morning people. > > > I am trying to develop a typewriter module for a website that takes > > the text from a json array returned by an ajax request. Can prototype > > handle looping the array that is returned and deal with outputting it > > to the browser one character at a time? > > > The retrurned array from the server will be something along the lines > > of > > > { "items": [ > > { "title: "My first title", "content" : "My first piece of > > content"}, > > { "title": "My second title", "content": "My second piece of > > content"}, > > { "title": "My thrid title", "content": "My third piece of > > content"} > > ] > > > } > > > Basicaly i would like to itterate each part of that array and do > > something with it. > > > Does anyone know a good reading source or could nudge me in the right > > direction of what i should be doing? > > > Thanks in advance --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---