I have a script that gets a partial string that needs to be matched against an object/array.

var names = {
AD:"Andorra",
AE:"United Arab Emirates",
AF:"Afghanistan",
AG:"Antigua and Barbuda",
AI:"Anguilla", ... };

write(' \1cEnter Country Name to Lookup \1w');
var lookup = console.getstr();
writeln('\r\n \1cLooking up \1w'+ lookup);
for(var i = 0; i <= names.length; i++) {
if(names[i][1].toUpperCase() === indexOf(lookup).toUpperCase()) {
writeln(' Found ' + names[i] + ' ' + names[i][0] + ' ' + names[i][1]);
}
}

if I enter, say lookup = 'Andor' it doesn't find anything ...

any help would be appreciated :)


My doctor said I have the body of a 25 year old ... and the mind of a 10 :-/

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Re: Match getstr() to object
By: Ephram to All on Thu Jun 04 2020 11:53:48

var names = {
AI:"Anguilla", ... };
for(var i = 0; i <= names.length; i++) {

'names' is an Object, but you're treating it like an Array.

You could try something like:

for (var name in names) {
// eg. name === 'AI' and names[name] === 'Anguilla'
}

Or something like:

var keys = Object.keys(names);
for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
// eg. keys[i] === 'AI' and names[keys[i]] === 'Anguilla'
}

Or something like:

Object.keys(names).forEach(function (e) {
// eg. e == 'AI' and names[e] === 'Anguilla'
});

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Re: Match getstr() to object
By: Ephram to All on Thu Jun 04 2020 11:53:48

var names = {
AI:"Anguilla", ... };
for(var i = 0; i <= names.length; i++) {

'names' is an Object, but you're treating it like an Array.

You could try something like:

for (var name in names) {
// eg. name === 'AI' and names[name] === 'Anguilla'
}

Or something like:

var keys = Object.keys(names);
for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
// eg. keys[i] === 'AI' and names[keys[i]] === 'Anguilla'
}

Or something like:

Object.keys(names).forEach(function (e) {
// eg. e == 'AI' and names[e] === 'Anguilla'
});

echicken

Thank you, I appreciate that!


My doctor said I have the body of a 25 year old ... and the mind of a 10 :-/

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