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Hello All,

I have a string array in a class file that contains 5 values, which I need to display on the jsp page.

but when I send it to the javascript it prints [Ljava.lang.String;@104f8b8 .

what do i do about it. I am a new to javascript.

Is there a way to get my array data from the response object.

Please help.

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Jquery, Parsing Html Ajax Response

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I'm make a ajax call to a processing PHP file that echos either "success" or an "error message".

When the success is returning, i want Jquery to recognize this and then redirect the browsers instead of displaying the success message.

Here are some snippets. I can only seem to parse to a blank or null.

Jquery code:
Code:

		$.ajax({
			type: "POST",
			url: "process.php",
			data: wfLoginPost(),
			success: function(msg){
	
                                alert(msg);

                                // both below are either null or blank
				//var res = $(msg).find("span.response").text();
				//var res = $(msg).find("span.response").html();
	
				if(res == 'Success'){
					window.location = 'http://www.google.com';
				}

			}
		});

process.php
PHP Code:
    if($qry[0]['pwd'] == $password){
        echo "<span class='response'>Success</span>";
    }else{
        echo "<span class='response'>Username or password did not match</span>";
    }

Here is the contents of the msg response from the ajax post:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/reset.css"/>
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/960grid.css"/>
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css"/>
	<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/statusmessageQ.css"/>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.statusmessageQ-0.5.js"></script>
</head>
<span class='response'>Success</span>

String Parsing Problem

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I'm developing a DHTML based Flashcard app that will work using firefox (MiniMo on Mobile Devices). It's working fine (reads and writes datafile to and from the local disk). However, when i start reviewing the flashcards, it seems to have some parsing issues.
Do explain more about the data file, it is a 3 record CSV file with 3 catagories:

ChineseCharacter, PinYin, English

For some reason or another, i can figure out how to correctly pars out and put the correct data in the corresponding Data Arrays.

I would like to get this program working as soon as i can, i plan to use it to study for the HSK test (Chinese proficiency test). I'm supposed to take it in about 4 months. - yes im cramming

here's my code:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
// Set Global Variables
var ChineseCard = new Array();
var PinYinCard = new Array();
var EnglishCard = new Array();
var Records = new Array();
var Know = 0;
var DontKnow = 0;
var CurrentCard = 0;
var NumberOfCards = 0;
var DataFile = "C:" + String.fromCharCode(92) + "FlashCard.txt";
var Delimeter = ",";

function init()
{
 document.getElementById("FlashCardPlayer").style.visibility = "hidden";
 document.getElementById("FlashCardEditor").style.visibility = "hidden";
 document.getElementById("MainMenu").style.visibility = "visible";
}

function ShowPlayer()
{
 document.getElementById("FlashCardPlayer").style.visibility = "visible";
 document.getElementById("MainMenu").style.visibility = "hidden";
 document.getElementById("FlashCardEditor").style.visibility = "hidden";
 LoadFlashCard();
}

function ShowEditor()
{
 document.getElementById("FlashCardEditor").style.visibility = "visible";
 document.getElementById("FlashCardPlayer").style.visibility = "hidden";
 document.getElementById("MainMenu").style.visibility = "hidden";
}

function ShowMain()
{
 document.getElementById("MainMenu").style.visibility = "visible";
 document.getElementById("FlashCardPlayer").style.visibility = "hidden";
 document.getElementById("FlashCardEditor").style.visibility = "hidden";
}

function ClickShowPinYin()
{
 document.getElementById("PinYin").value = PinYinCard[CurrentCard];
}


function ClickShowEnglish()
{
 document.getElementById("English").value = EnglishCard[CurrentCard];
}

function ClickKnow()
{
Know = Know + 1;

     if(CurrentCard == NumberOfCards)
       {
         // Display the score
         alert("You scored " + Know + " out of " + NumberOfCards);
         CurrentCard = 0;
         Know = 0;
         DontKnow = 0;
         // clear all textboxes and put index(0) chinese character into the chinese character textbox
         
       }
CurrentCard = CurrentCard + 1;

document.getElementById("PinYin").value = "";
document.getElementById("English").value = "";
document.getElementById("ChineseCharacter").value = ChineseCard[CurrentCard];
}

function ClickDontKnow()
{
DontKnow = DontKnow + 1
   if(CurrentCard == NumberOfCards)
       {
         // Display the score
         alert("You scored " + Know + " out of " + NumberOfCards);
         CurrentCard = 0;
         Know = 0;
         DontKnow = 0;
         // clear all textboxes and put index(0) chinese character into the chinese character textbox
       }
CurrentCard = CurrentCard + 1;

document.getElementById("PinYin").value = "";
document.getElementById("English").value = "";
document.getElementById("ChineseCharacter").value  = ChineseCard[CurrentCard];
}
function ClearEditor()
{
 // Clear all the text boxes in the editor
 document.getElementById("EditChinese").value = "";
 document.getElementById("EditPinYin").value = "";
 document.getElementById("EditEnglish").value = "";
}

function WriteData()
{
 // Conicate the Record data
 var WriteData = document.getElementById("EditChinese").value  + Delimeter + 
 document.getElementById("EditPinYin").value  + Delimeter + 
 document.getElementById("EditEnglish").value + "\r";
 
 // Load the data file's current contents
 var OldData = LoadFromDisk(DataFile);
 
 if (OldData == null)
    {
	 var WriteDataUTF8 = utf8Encode(WriteData);
	 // The file was blank, so don't try to append null content data
	 SaveToDisk(DataFile, WriteDataUTF8 + "\n");
	}
	else
	{
	 var OldDataUTF8 = utf8Decode(OldData);
	 var AppendData = OldDataUTF8 + WriteData + "\n";
	 
	 var UTF8data = utf8Encode(AppendData)
     // Write the data to the file
     SaveToDisk(DataFile, UTF8data);
	}
 
 // Clear the TextBoxes to prepare for the next entry
 ClearEditor();
}

function LoadFlashCard()
{
 // Load the FlashCard Information from the DataFile into the Arrays
 var LoadData = LoadFromDisk(DataFile);
 
 // Convert the Datafile from UTF8  to ASCII
 var LoadDataUTF8 = utf8Decode(LoadData);
 
 Records = LoadDataUTF8.split(Delimeter);
 
 // Load the Elements in to the   ChineseText, PinYin, and English   Arrays
 
 NumberOfCards = (Records.length -1) / 2;
 NumberOfRecords = NumberOfCards * 3;
 
 // Load the Chinese Characters 
 var Ptr = 0;
  for (var x = 0; x < NumberOfRecords; x = x + 3)
     {
	  ChineseCard[Ptr] = Records[x];
	  Ptr++;
	 }
	 
 Ptr = 0;
 // Load the PinYin
  for (var x = 1; x < NumberOfRecords; x = x + 3)
     {
	  PinYinCard[Ptr] = Records[x];
	  Ptr++;
	 }
	 
 Ptr = 0;
 // Load the English
  for (var x = 2; x < NumberOfRecords; x = x + 3)
     {
	  EnglishCard[Ptr] = Records[x];
	  Ptr++;
	 }
	 
	 alert(ChineseCard[1]);
	 alert(PinYinCard[1]);
	 alert(EnglishCard[1]);
}

function SaveToDisk(FileName, Content)
{
	try {
		netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalXPConnect");
	} catch (e) {
		alert("Permission to save file was denied.");
	}
	var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"]
		.createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
	file.initWithPath( FileName );
	if ( file.exists() == false ) {
		file.create( Components.interfaces.nsIFile.NORMAL_FILE_TYPE, 420 );
	}
	var outputStream = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/file-output-stream;1"]
		.createInstance( Components.interfaces.nsIFileOutputStream );

	outputStream.init( file, 0x04 | 0x08 | 0x20, 420, 0 );
	var output = Content;
	var result = outputStream.write( output, output.length );
	outputStream.close();
}

function LoadFromDisk(filePath)
{
 if(window.Components)
   try
   {
    netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalXPConnect");
    var file = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsILocalFile);
    file.initWithPath(filePath);
    if (!file.exists())
    return(null);
    var inputStream = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/file-input-stream;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIFileInputStream);
    inputStream.init(file, 0x01, 00004, null);
    var sInputStream = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/scriptableinputstream;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIScriptableInputStream);
    sInputStream.init(inputStream);
    return(sInputStream.read(sInputStream.available()));
   }
   catch(e)
   {
    //alert("Exception while attempting to load\n\n" + e);
    return(false);
   }
return(null);
}


// ***************** The following are  the functions for  UTF8 *************************** 
//  if these are removed or modified in any way, the foreign language characters might not display correctly or at all
//  Use   utf8Encode(str)   to  Encode data  to UTF8 format
//  Use    utf8Decode(utf8Str)  to Decode data to ASCII format


//an alias of String.fromCharCode
function chr(code)
{
	return String.fromCharCode(code);
}

//returns utf8 encoded charachter of a unicode value.
//code must be a number indicating the Unicode value.
//returned value is a string between 1 and 4 charachters.
function code2utf(code)
{
	if (code < 128) return chr(code);
	if (code < 2048) return chr(192+(code>>6)) + chr(128+(code&63));
	if (code < 65536) return chr(224+(code>>12)) + chr(128+((code>>6)&63)) + chr(128+(code&63));
	if (code < 2097152) return chr(240+(code>>18)) + chr(128+((code>>12)&63)) + chr(128+((code>>6)&63)) + chr(128+(code&63));
}

//it is a private function for internal use in utf8Encode function 
function _utf8Encode(str)
{	
	var utf8str = new Array();
	for (var i=0; i<str.length; i++) {
		utf8str[i] = code2utf(str.charCodeAt(i));
	}
	return utf8str.join('');
}

//Encodes a unicode string to UTF8 format.
function utf8Encode(str)
{	
	var utf8str = new Array();
	var pos,j = 0;
	var tmpStr = '';
	
	while ((pos = str.search(/[^\x00-\x7F]/)) != -1) {
		tmpStr = str.match(/([^\x00-\x7F]+[\x00-\x7F]{0,10})+/)[0];
		utf8str[j++] = str.substr(0, pos);
		utf8str[j++] = _utf8Encode(tmpStr);
		str = str.substr(pos + tmpStr.length);
	}
	
	utf8str[j++] = str;
	return utf8str.join('');
}

//it is a private function for internal use in utf8Decode function 
function _utf8Decode(utf8str)
{	
	var str = new Array();
	var code,code2,code3,code4,j = 0;
	for (var i=0; i<utf8str.length; ) {
		code = utf8str.charCodeAt(i++);
		if (code > 127) code2 = utf8str.charCodeAt(i++);
		if (code > 223) code3 = utf8str.charCodeAt(i++);
		if (code > 239) code4 = utf8str.charCodeAt(i++);
		
		if (code < 128) str[j++]= chr(code);
		else if (code < 224) str[j++] = chr(((code-192)<<6) + (code2-128));
		else if (code < 240) str[j++] = chr(((code-224)<<12) + ((code2-128)<<6) + (code3-128));
		else str[j++] = chr(((code-240)<<18) + ((code2-128)<<12) + ((code3-128)<<6) + (code4-128));
	}
	return str.join('');
}

//Decodes a UTF8 formated string
function utf8Decode(utf8str)
{
	var str = new Array();
	var pos = 0;
	var tmpStr = '';
	var j=0;
	while ((pos = utf8str.search(/[^\x00-\x7F]/)) != -1) {
		tmpStr = utf8str.match(/([^\x00-\x7F]+[\x00-\x7F]{0,10})+/)[0];
		str[j++]= utf8str.substr(0, pos) + _utf8Decode(tmpStr);
		utf8str = utf8str.substr(pos + tmpStr.length);
	}
	
	str[j++] = utf8str;
	return str.join('');
}

</script>
</head>
<body onload="init()">

<!-- 
*****************************************
Flash Card Player
*****************************************
-->
<div id="FlashCardPlayer" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;" >

<input id="ChineseCharacter" type="textbox" style="position: absolute; left: 75px; top: 5px; width: 100px; height: 100px; font-size: 35px;">
<input id="PinYin" type="textbox" style="position: absolute; left: 5px; top: 110px; width: 225px;" >
<input id="English" type="textbox" style="position: absolute; left: 5px; top: 135px; width: 225px;">
<input type="button" value="Know" style="position: absolute; left: 5px; top: 170px; width: 100px; height: 30px;" onclick="ClickKnow();">
<input type="button" value="Dont Know" style="position: absolute; left: 125px; top: 170px; width: 100px; height: 30px;" onclick="ClickDontKnow();">
<input type="button" value="PinYin" style="position: absolute; left: 5px; top: 210px; width: 100px; height: 30px;" onclick="ClickShowPinYin();">
<input type="button" value="English" style="position: absolute; left: 125px; top: 210px; width: 100px; height: 30px;" onclick="ClickShowEnglish();">

<a href="" style="position: absolute; left:10px; top: 245px;" onclick="ShowMain();">Home</a>

</div>


<!-- 
******************************************
Flashcard Editor
******************************************
-->
<div id="FlashCardEditor" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;">

<input id="EditChinese" style="position: absolute; left: 75px; top: 5px; width: 100px; height: 100px; font-size: 35px;" type="textbox">
<input id="EditPinYin" style="position:absolute; left: 5px; top: 110px; width: 225px;" type="textbox">
<input id="EditEnglish" style="position:absolute; left: 5px; top: 135px; width: 225px;" type="textbox">

<input id="EditClearTextButton" value="Clear" style="position:absolute; left: 5px; top: 180px; width: 100px; height: 30px;" onclick="ClearEditor();" type="button">
<input name="EditOKButton" value="OK" style="position: absolute; left: 125px; top: 180px; width: 100px; height: 30px;" onclick="WriteData();" type="button">


<a href="" style="position: absolute; left:10px; top: 225px;" onclick="javascript:Alert("*sigh* i'm getting to it!");">New</a>
<a href="" style="position: absolute; left:10px; top: 245px;" onclick="ShowMain();">Home</a>
<br>

</div>




<!-- 
******************************************
Define the Layer for the Main menu
******************************************
-->

<div id="MainMenu" style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px;">
These are the instructions for the Flashcard App. In the future, there should be a score board and a selection of word lists and other such things. However, it's blank for now until i finish this app :)

<input value="Study Flashcards" style="position: absolute; left: 50px; top: 170px; width: 120px; height: 30px;" onclick="javascript:ShowPlayer();" type="button">
<input value="Edit Flashcards" style="position: absolute; left: 50px; top: 210px; width: 120px; height: 30px;" onclick="ShowEditor();" type="button">
</div>

</body>
</html>

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Parsing A String Into Tokens

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I wanted to parse (split) a string between numbers, operators and words.
I can get 2 out of 3 of my desires using this...

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Token Parser </title>
</head>
<body>
<pre id="debug"></pre>

<script type="text/javascript">
function splitInfix(str) {
  var tarr = str.match(/[\d*|\S*]/g);
  return tarr.join(' ');
}

var str = '', tokens = '';
str = '1+2+3';  tokens = splitInfix(str);
   document.getElementById('debug').innerHTML = str + '<br>' + tokens + '<br>Spaces correctly<p>';  // OK
str = '1+2^3*(4-3)';  tokens = splitInfix(str);
  document.getElementById('debug').innerHTML += str + '<br>' + tokens + '<br>Spaces correctly<p>';  // OK
str = tokens;  tokens = splitInfix(str); 
  document.getElementById('debug').innerHTML += str + '<br>' + tokens + '<br>Spaces correctly<p>';  // OK
str = '1+2^3*sin(4-3)';  tokens = splitInfix(str);
  document.getElementById('debug').innerHTML += str + '<br>' + tokens + '<br>Spaces sin wrong<p>';  // NFG
str = 'cos(180)+sin(90)'; tokens = splitInfix(str);
  document.getElementById('debug').innerHTML += str + '<br>' + tokens + '<br>Spaces cos & sin wrong<p>';  // NFG

</script>

</body>
</html>

The OK examples appear to accomplish what I want,
but the Not Fully Good (NFG) examples put spaces between the words as well, which I don't want.

Is there something I can add to the function to make the output appear as words cos & sin instead of c o s & s i n ?
Or is there another function I can use to combine only the characters [a-z] and [A-Z] into whole words while leaving the spaces as is for the other characters and numbers?

Thanks for any thoughts on the matter.

Accessing An Object Within An Array Nested Within Another Object.

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I'm writing a program that involves a network of interconnected nodes (or simply objects in my example below). It depends on being able to access properties of an object's linked objects (a bit oddly worded, sorry)...

Problem is I'm not sure how to properly access those properties... see below please.

<script>

//This is an example of a problem im having in my own code...
//I want to access the name of the object within the links array wintin the object...

var objA = {name: "Object A", links: [objB, objC]};
var objB = {name: "Object B", links: [objC, objD, objE]};
var objC = {name: "Object C", links: [objB]};
var objD = {name: "Object D", links: [objE]};
var objE = {name: "Object E", links: [objD]};

//ex: I want to access the name of Object A's first link...
console.log(objA.links[0].name);

</script>

I'm hoping to get "Object B"...
But instead I get: TypeError: Result of expression 'objA.links[0]' [undefined] is not an object.
Is there another way around this? Any thoughts are appreciated.

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Hello,

I was able to solve an issue I had in previous post in writing some code to grab a section of a cookie value string (2 letter state ex MD) and check against it to do something. That was easy because the state was at the end of the string and all I had to do was use the slice() method. Now I was to be able to grab the 2 letter state from a string that looks like this:

BALTIMORE, MD|blah blah|blah blah|blah blah (the real cookie value string will always be separated with pipes (|))

Can anyone please help?

Thanks in advance!

Code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<SCRIPT LANUAGE="JavaScript">

function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
    document.cookie= name + "=" + escape(value) +
        ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
        ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
        ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
        ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}
function getCookie(name) {
    var dc = document.cookie;
    var prefix = name + "=";
    var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
    if (begin == -1) {
        begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
        if (begin != 0) return null;
    } else {
        begin += 2;
    }
    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
    if (end == -1) {
        end = dc.length;
    }
    return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<script>
 $(function(){ 
	 $('div').each(function(){
		 if($(this).hasClass('stateSelect1')){ 
		 	 if (getCookie("location")!=null){
			 var state = getCookie("location").slice(-2).toLowerCase();
			 var stateArray = [];
			 stateArray = $(this).attr('rel').toLowerCase().split(',');
				 if($.inArray(state,stateArray) >= 0){ 
				 $(document).ready(function(){
				 	$(".stateSelect0").css("display","none");
					$(".stateSelect1").css("display","block");
				  });
				 }
				}  	 
		 	} 
	 }); 
 });
 </script>
<strong>Step 1.  Copy and paste in cookie set text field:</strong> <br>
<br>
<strong>Show Image1:</strong><br>
CHARLOTTE, NC|blah blah|blah blah|blah blah|blah blah<br>
BALTIMORE, MD|blah blah|blah blah|blah blah<br>
<br>
<strong>Show Image2:</strong><br>
COLUMBIA, SC|blah blah|blah blah|blah blah<br>
RESTON, VA|blah blah|blah blah|blah blah<br>
<br>
<strong>Show Image3:</strong><br>
LOS ANGELES, CA|blah blah|blah blah|blah blah<br>
SEATLE, WA|blah blah|blah blah|blah blah<br>
<br>
<br>
<strong>Step 2.</strong>
<input type="button" value="Set Cookie"  onclick='setCookie("location", prompt("Enter your location"))' />
<br>
<br>
<strong>Step 3.</strong> Now refresh page. <br>
<br>
<style>
.default{ border:3px solid limegreen; margin-bottom:5px; width:200px}
.div1{ border:3px solid red; margin-bottom:5px; width:200px}
.div2 { border:3px solid purple; margin-bottom:5px; width:200px}
.div3 { border:3px solid yellow; margin-bottom:5px; width:200px}
.div4 { border:3px solid blue; margin-bottom:5px; width:200px}
</style>
<!--DEFAULT IMAGE IF NO COOKIE SET OR NON LISTED STATE-->
<div class="stateSelect0 default"> DEFAULT IMAGE </div>
<!--DEFAULT IMAGE IF NO COOKIE SET OR NON LISTED STATE-->
<div class="stateSelect1 div1" rel="NC,MD" style="display:none">Image 1 - DIV 1</div>
<div class="stateSelect2 div2" rel="SC,VA" style="display:none">Image 2 - DIV 2</div>
<div class="stateSelect3 div3" rel="WA,CA" style="display:none">Image 3 - DIV 3</div>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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I am trying to parse a string so I can put points into google maps api.

Here is the string i am using:
Code:

CountySide Town 66202 KS COUNTRYSIDE,39.025376,-94.766998|Shawnee City 66203 KS SHAWNEE,39.019802,-94.808303

Here is the javascript I am using:
Code:

var a = new Array();
function parseAddress(addressString)
{
	alert(addressString);
	var prompt = addressString.split("|");
	for (var i = 0; i < prompt.length; i++) {
		var details = prompt[i].split(",");
		var t = new Object();
		t.name = details[0]
		t.lat = details[1]
		t.lng = details[2]
		a[i] = t;
	}
}

I have found if I do something like this:
Code:

var t = new Object();
t.name = "Shawnee"
t.lat = 39.019802
t.lng = -94.708303
a[0] = t;

var t = new Object();
t.name = "Overland Park"
t.lat = 38.992488,
t.lng = -94.674769
a[1] = t;

It will work, can someone tell me why my loop doesnt work?

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Hi,

I am trying to create an array to pass to JQuery, but after several hours of trying, am falling over. I am trying to use Ajax to populate the javascript FullCalendar.

I am trying to pass an arry to the following property:

This works:

$('#calendar').fullCalendar({
events: [{"id":1112,"title":"Event1","start":"2009-10-10"},{"id":222,"title":"Event2","start":"2009-10-20","end":"2009-10-22"}]
};

something like:

$('#calendar').fullCalendar({
events: MyJSArray()
};

I will be using AJAX to populate MyJSArray().

I have tried the likes of: MyJSArray = new array("id"=>112,"title"=>"Event1", etc);
But no joy

I don't know how to get a javascript array into that format. I have my database values, but I need to put them into a format that the "Event" will accept.

I have used PHP and arrays fine, but coming to grips with JS arrays,etc are a bit finiky at the moment.

I am a little stuck, any help or points in the right direction will be much appreciated.

Thanks Blueevo.

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Hi all,

I am trying to build a config object for a program using a loop. Here's what I've done so far (note: "bbtags" is an array built like this):

var bbtags = new Array((b),(/b),(i),(/i),(u),(/u),etc......);
(note I used parentheses in place of brackets soas not to confuse the board.)

Code:

var arr = [];
var len = bbtags.length;
var tag = '';
var obj = '';

for (var i = 0; i < len; i+=2) {
    tag = bbtags[i].replace(/\[(.*?)\]/gi,'$1'); // strip off the brackets
    name = String('mce_' + tag); // generate a name
    obj = {
        name : {
            'block' : name
        }
    } 
    arr.push(obj);
}

The RESULT that I am after would look like this:

Code:

     mce_b  : {
        'block' : 'mce_b'
    },
     mce_i  : {
        'block' : 'mce_i'
    },
     mce_u  : {
        'block' : 'mce_u'
    }, etc.......

Notice the items I marked in red. Instead of these items having the VALUE of the variable "name", they instead have value of "name".

That is, every part in red is "name".

Any ideas how to make this work right (or an idea how to do it BETTER)?

Thanks!

-- Roger

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PHP Code:
<LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="scrolling_popup/scrolling_popup.css" TYPE="text/css">
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    <script type="text/javascript" >
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}
the first line in the code block should create a new array item and initialize
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I've made a JS code that declare events based on year, month and days.
Each date represents an event.
The code works well but I'd like to improve the declaration when several days with the same description are following to reduce declaration lines.

Here's the actual working code:

var events = [

>> {year: '2011', month: '11',day: '1',description: "test description",url: '',newpage: false,mark_as_event: false},
>> {year: '2011', month: '11',day: '2',description: "test description",url: '',newpage: false,mark_as_event: false},
>> {year: '2011', month: '11',day: '3',description: "test description",url: '',newpage: false,mark_as_event: false},
>> {year: '2011', month: '11',day: '4',description: "test description",url: '',newpage: false,mark_as_event: false},
//I would like replace the 4 lines here above by something like this:
>>>>> {year: '2011', month: '11',(day: '1','2','3'),description: "test description",url: '',newpage: false,mark_as_event: false},

{year: '2011', month: '11',day: '11',description: "11 november",url: '',newpage: false,mark_as_event: false},
{year: '2012', month: '4',day: '30',description: "easter",url: '',newpage: false,mark_as_event: false},
{year: '2012', month: '5',day: '1',description: "1 mai",url: '',newpage: false,mark_as_event: false},
{year: '', month: '',day: '',description: "",url: '',newpage: true,mark_as_event: true}
];

var temp_date=new Array(); //init current month data
var temp_url=new Array();
var temp_newpage=new Array();
var temp_mark_as_event=new Array();

for (var i = 0; i < events.length; i++) { //Current month data are used here
if (events[i].year==cal_year && events[i].month==(cal_month + 1)){
temp_date[events[i].day]=events[i].description;
temp_url[events[i].day]=events[i].url;
temp_newpage[events[i].day]=events[i].newpage;
temp_mark_as_event[events[i].day]=events[i].mark_as_event;
}
}

Is it possible and how ?
Thank you very much

Gino

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		var foo = 'one';
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	}

	test();
</script>

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Code:

XML filter is applied to non-XML value ({one:["1", "2", "3"], two:["a", "b", "c"]})

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I have this code:

Code:

function spawnEnemy()
{
    var shapes = [LeftBlock, RightBlock, middleRightBlock, middleLeftBlock, middleBlock];
    var shape = shapes[Math.floor(Math.random() * shapes.length)];
    var RandomBlock = new THREE.Object3D();
    RandomBlock.add(shape);
    blocks.push(RandomBlock);

     for (var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {
        RandomBlock = blocks[i];
        scene.add(RandomBlock);
        hit = false; 
        
     }

}


function startSpawningEnemies()
{

  repeater = setInterval(function() {
      spawnEnemy();
      newBlock = false;
  }, 1000);


}

Basically it chooses a random object in the array 'shapes' and it adds the shape to the scene every second.

But the problem is that when I have, for example a 'Leftblock' on screen and it randomly gets called again, Leftblock will get reset to the starting position, so basically I cant have 2 of the same type of block on screen at once.

So I want want every block in the array to be an entirely new instance of a block, rather than the same.

Here is a code pen so you can see what is happening My Codepen

Thanks in advance

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01-31-2015, 12:06 PM #2
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Hey I apologize in advance this will probably be a long post, but to get to the root of your problem it takes a bit of explaining to show how I fixed it. If you don't want to read about all the changes and why I did them if you scroll to the bottom of this post the last code snippet is the new working code.

Firstly I'd like to make a few comments.
1. Try to avoid using so many globals that is what is confusing the whole thing.
2. Even though JavaScript isn't a classical language. Using some OOP approaches can simplify your code quite a bit.

Now to what your actual problem was. You only had one instance of meshes for each type of block/paddle or whatever you call it. Even though you created new 3d objects you still were just passing it the values of the current existing Meshes.

In order to get around this I simplified your code a lot. I removed around 200 lines of code and created a few objects to make things easier. I don't know that I can explain every single thing I did, but creating objects is very useful for instance instead of making a ton of variables for each box you can make an Object called Box and then create a new instance of it. Since your Box also needs a mesh you can create that inside of the box as well.

Code:

function Box(w, h, d, q, m){
    var CoreInfo = {
        width: w,
        height: h,
        depth: d,
        quality: q,
        material: m
    };
    var Mesh = GetNewMesh(CoreInfo);
    this.setMeshY = function(y){
        Mesh.position.y = y;
    }
    this.setMeshX = function(x){
        Mesh.position.x = x;
    }
    this.getCoreInfo = function(key){
        return CoreInfo[key];
    }
    this.setCoreInfo = function(key, val){
        CoreInfo[key] = val;
    }
    this.getAllInfo = function(){
        return CoreInfo;
    }
    this.getMesh = function(){
        return Mesh;
    }
    this.setShadows = function(r, c){
        Mesh.receiveShadow = r;
        Mesh.castShadow = c;
    }
}
// you will notice that it calls this to get a MESH instead of using 5+ serperate calls you can now wrap it into a function that takes an assoc array.
function GetNewMesh(info){
    var Q = info["qaulity"];
    return new THREE.Mesh(
        new THREE.BoxGeometry(
            info["width"],
            info["height"],
            info["depth"],
            Q, Q, Q),
        info["material"]);
}

With this object you can create new instances of boxes just by passing all the variables it needs and save it into a new object.
example use:

Code:

var BlockMat = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({color: 0x3c00ff});
var Abox = new Box(10, 160, 10, 1, BlockMat);

As you can see the Box requires 5 arguments to construct. They are width, height, depth, quality, and material;
You will also notice there are functions inside of the Box to call functionality they are
setMeshY(y): This sets the Y position of the mesh as the y value passed to it;
setMeshX(x): This sets the X position of the mesh as the x value passed to it;
getCoreInfo(key): This gets some CoreInfo based on a string or "key" that you pass it. EX use Box.getCoreInfo("width");
setCoreInfo(key, value): This sets some CoreInfo based on a string or "key" that you pass it. EX use Box.setCoreInfo("width", 100);
getAllInfo(): Returns ALL CoreInfo in an assoc array that is accessed by a "key." EX use var AllInfo = Box.getAllInfo(); AllInfo["width"];
getMesh: Returns The mesh object
setShadows: Allows you to set shadows by passing true or false for the receive and cast arguments.

Now some of your enemy boxes needed two boxes so I further created a object called Double Box;

These are very much the same as a box. Just all methods need to be passed an index as well. These are identical to your original objects as Paddle1 is now at index 0, and Paddle2 is at index1 for each respective object.

With those objects created we can Delete a TON of your global variables and clean some stuff up. As a matter of fact the more I looked at it you didn't even NEED globals for your set enemy paddle types at all. I was able to wrap them all up into a function that will return an object like you wanted by being passed a string.

Code:

function GetBlock(type){
    if(type == "m"){
        var temp = new DoubleBox(10, 75, 10, 1, BlockMat, 10, 75, 10, 1, BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(0));
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(1))
        temp.setMeshX(0, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(0, -60);
        temp.setMeshX(1, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(1, 60);
        return obj;
    }
    else if(type == "mr"){
        var temp = new DoubleBox(10, 30, 10, 1,BlockMat, 10, 110, 10, 1,BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(0));
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(1));
        temp.setMeshX(0, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(0, -80);
        temp.setMeshX(1, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(1, 40);
        return obj;
    }
    else if(type == "ml"){
        var temp = new DoubleBox(10, 30, 10, 1, BlockMat, 10, 110, 10, 1, BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(0));
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(1));
        temp.setMeshX(0, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(0, 80);
        temp.setMeshX(1, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(1, -40);
        return obj;
    }
    else if(type == "l"){
        var temp = new Box(10, 160, 10, 1, BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh());
        temp.setMeshX(fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(20);
        return obj;
    }
    else if(type == "r"){
        var temp = new Box(10, 160, 10, 1, BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh());
        temp.setMeshX(fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(-20);
        return obj;
    }
}

While this could be cleaned up and do some extra error checking it now does EXACTLY what you need it to. You can call this function and pass it a string for each type of block you want. It will return a NEW instance of that type of block without sharing meshes as you had previously programmed it to.

now you can call this function in the spawn enemy function
Code:

function spawnEnemy() //total enemies starts at 0 and every-time you add to array
{
    var shapes = ["l", "r", "mr", "ml", "m"];  // these are the strings that pass to the GetBlock(type) function as type
    var shape = shapes[Math.floor(Math.random() * shapes.length)];
    blocks.push(new THREE.Object3D().add(GetBlock(shape))); // now you just pass the function to the THREE.Object3d().add() accepting shape as a parameter.

    for (var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {
        RandomBlock = blocks[i];
        scene.add(RandomBlock);
        hit = false;
    }

}

I know I made a lot of changes and there are still plenty more that could reduce your code even further, but when I finally got to a point where it was working the way you wanted to I figured I'd hand it back over to you.

HERE is the final code that works if you want to copy paste it over to test it.

Code:

//scene object variables
var renderer, scene, camera, pointLight, spotLight;

var hit;
var newBlock = false;
//field variables
var fieldWidth = 500, fieldHeight = 200;

function GetNewMesh(info){
    var Q = info["qaulity"];
    return new THREE.Mesh(
        new THREE.BoxGeometry(
            info["width"],
            info["height"],
            info["depth"],
            Q, Q, Q),
        info["material"]);
}

function Box(w, h, d, q, m){
    var CoreInfo = {
        width: w,
        height: h,
        depth: d,
        quality: q,
        material: m
    };
    var Mesh = GetNewMesh(CoreInfo);
    this.setMeshY = function(y){
        Mesh.position.y = y;
    }
    this.setMeshX = function(x){
        Mesh.position.x = x;
    }
    this.getCoreInfo = function(key){
        return CoreInfo[key];
    }
    this.setCoreInfo = function(key, val){
        CoreInfo[key] = val;
    }
    this.getAllInfo = function(){
        return CoreInfo;
    }
    this.getMesh = function(){
        return Mesh;
    }
    this.setShadows = function(r, c){
        Mesh.receiveShadow = r;
        Mesh.castShadow = c;
    }
}

function DoubleBox(B1w, B1h, B1d, B1q, B1m, B2w, B2h, B2d, B2q, B2m) {
    var Boxes = [];
    Boxes[0] = new Box(B1w, B1h, B1d, B1q, B1m);
    Boxes[1] = new Box(B2w, B2h, B2d, B2q, B2m);
    this.setMeshY = function (index, y) {
        Boxes[index].setMeshY(y);
    }
    this.setMeshX = function (index, x) {
        Boxes[index].setMeshX(x);
    }
    this.getCoreInfo = function (index, key) {
        return Boxes[index].getCoreInfo(key);
    }
    this.setCoreInfo = function (index, key, val) {
        Boxes[index].setCoreInfo(key, val);
    }
    this.getAllInfo = function (index) {
        return Boxes[index].getAllInfo();
    }
    this.getMesh = function (index) {
        return Boxes[index].getMesh();
    }
    this.setShadows = function (index, r, c) {
        Boxes[index].setShadows(r, c);
    }
}

var BlockMat = new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({color: 0x3c00ff});

var Player = new Box(10, 30, 10, 1, new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial({color: 0x4AA02C}));
function GetBlock(type){
    if(type == "m"){
        var temp = new DoubleBox(10, 75, 10, 1, BlockMat, 10, 75, 10, 1, BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(0));
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(1))
        temp.setMeshX(0, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(0, -60);
        temp.setMeshX(1, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(1, 60);
        return obj;
    }
    else if(type == "mr"){
        var temp = new DoubleBox(10, 30, 10, 1,BlockMat, 10, 110, 10, 1,BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(0));
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(1));
        temp.setMeshX(0, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(0, -80);
        temp.setMeshX(1, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(1, 40);
        return obj;
    }
    else if(type == "ml"){
        var temp = new DoubleBox(10, 30, 10, 1, BlockMat, 10, 110, 10, 1, BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(0));
        obj.add(temp.getMesh(1));
        temp.setMeshX(0, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(0, 80);
        temp.setMeshX(1, fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(1, -40);
        return obj;
    }
    else if(type == "l"){
        var temp = new Box(10, 160, 10, 1, BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh());
        temp.setMeshX(fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(20);
        return obj;
    }
    else if(type == "r"){
        var temp = new Box(10, 160, 10, 1, BlockMat);
        var obj = new THREE.Object3D();
        obj.add(temp.getMesh());
        temp.setMeshX(fieldWidth/2);
        temp.setMeshY(-20);
        return obj;
    }
}

//ball variables
var reftBlock, lightBlock, middleRightBlock, middleLeftBlock, middleBlock, RandomBlock;

//game-related variables
var score = 0;

var repeater;
var blocks = [];

var collidableMeshList = [];

function setup()
{
//	update the board to reflect the max score for match win
    document.getElementById("winnerBoard").innerHTML = "Move in the gaps!";

//	set up all the 3D objects in the scene
    createScene();

//	and let's get cracking!
    draw();
}

function createScene()
{
//	set the scene size
    var WIDTH = 640,
        HEIGHT = 360;

//	set some camera attributes
    var VIEW_ANGLE = 50,
        ASPECT = WIDTH / HEIGHT,
        NEAR = 0.1,
        FAR = 10000;

    var c = document.getElementById("gameCanvas");

//	create a WebGL renderer, camera
//	and a scene
    renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({antialias:true});
    renderer.setClearColorHex(0xffffff);

    camera =
        new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(
            VIEW_ANGLE,
            ASPECT,
            NEAR,
            FAR);

    scene = new THREE.Scene();

//	add the camera to the scene
    scene.add(camera);

//	set a default position for the camera
//	not doing this somehow messes up shadow rendering
    //camera.position.z = 320;

//	start the renderer
    renderer.setSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);

//	attach the render-supplied DOM element
    c.appendChild(renderer.domElement);

//	set up the playing surface plane
    var planeWidth = fieldWidth,
        planeHeight = fieldHeight,
        planeQuality = 10;

//	create the plane's material
    var planeMaterial =
        new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial(
            {
                color: 0xffffff
            });
//	create the table's material
    var tableMaterial =
        new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial(
            {
                color: 0x3c00ff
            });
//	create the ground's material
    var groundMaterial =
        new THREE.MeshLambertMaterial(
            {
                color: 0xffffff
            });


//	create the playing surface plane
    var plane = new THREE.Mesh(

        new THREE.PlaneGeometry(
            planeWidth * 1.25,	// 95% of table width, since we want to show where the ball goes out-of-bounds
            planeHeight,
            planeQuality,
            planeQuality),

        planeMaterial);

    scene.add(plane);
    plane.receiveShadow = true;

    var table = new THREE.Mesh(

        new THREE.BoxGeometry(
            planeWidth * 1.15,	// this creates the feel of a billiards table, with a lining
            planeHeight * 1.04,
            100,	// an arbitrary depth, the camera can't see much of it anyway
            planeQuality,
            planeQuality,
            1),

        tableMaterial);
    table.position.z = -51;	// we sink the table into the ground by 50 units. The extra 1 is so the plane can be seen
    scene.add(table);
    table.receiveShadow = true;

    scene.add(Player.getMesh());
    startSpawningEnemies();


    Player.setShadows(true, true)

    /*collidableMeshList.push(MiddleBlock.getMesh(0), MiddleBlock.getMesh(1),
        MiddleLeftBlock.getMesh(0), MiddleLeftBlock.getMesh(1), MiddleRightBlock.getMesh(0),
        MiddleRightBlock.getMesh(1), RightBlock.getMesh(), LeftBlock.getMesh());*/


//	set paddles on each side of the table
    Player.setMeshX(-fieldWidth/2 + Player.getCoreInfo("width"));

    //collidableMeshList.push(RandomBlock);

//	finally we finish by adding a ground plane
//	to show off pretty shadows
    var ground = new THREE.Mesh(

        new THREE.BoxGeometry(
            1000,
            1000,
            3,
            1,
            1,
            1 ),

        groundMaterial);
    // set ground to arbitrary z position to best show off shadowing
    ground.position.z = -132;
    ground.receiveShadow = true;
    scene.add(ground);

//	// create a point light
    pointLight =
        new THREE.PointLight(0xffffff);

//	set its position
    pointLight.position.x = -1000;
    pointLight.position.y = 0;
    pointLight.position.z = 1000;
    pointLight.intensity = 2.9;
    pointLight.distance = 10000;
//	add to the scene
    scene.add(pointLight);

//	add a spot light
//	this is important for casting shadows
    spotLight = new THREE.SpotLight(0xffffff);
    spotLight.position.set(0, 0, 460);
    spotLight.intensity = 1.5;
    spotLight.castShadow = true;
    scene.add(spotLight);

//	MAGIC SHADOW CREATOR DELUXE EDITION with Lights PackTM DLC
    renderer.shadowMapEnabled = true;


}

function draw()
{
//	draw THREE.JS scene
    renderer.render(scene, camera);
//	loop draw function call
    requestAnimationFrame(draw);

    cameraPhysics();
    playerPaddleMovement();
    enemyPaddleMovement();
    collision();
    //addScore();
}

function addScore()
{
   if (RandomBlock.position.x < Pad.getMesh().position.x*2 && newBlock == false) {
        console.log("pass");
        newBlock = true;
        if (hit == false) {
            score++;
        }
        else {
            score--
        }
        document.getElementById("scores").innerHTML = score;
    }
}

function enemyPaddleMovement()
{
    if(score < 10)
    {
        for (var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {

            blocks[i].position.x -= 3;
        }
    }

    if(score >= 10)
    {
        for (var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {

            blocks[i].position.x -= 5;
        }

    }

}


function playerPaddleMovement()
{
    if (Key.isDown(Key.D))
        Player.setMeshY(80);
    else if (Key.isDown(Key.F))
        Player.setMeshY(40);
    else if (Key.isDown(Key.H))
        Player.setMeshY(0);
    else if (Key.isDown(Key.J))
        Player.setMeshY(-40);
    else if (Key.isDown(Key.K))
        Player.setMeshY(-80);
}

//Handles camera and lighting logic
function cameraPhysics()
{

//	move to behind the player's paddle
    camera.position.x = Player.getMesh().position.x - 100;
    camera.position.y += (Player.getMesh().position.y - camera.position.y) * 0.05;
    camera.position.z = Player.getMesh().position.z + 100 + 0.04 * (Player.getMesh().position.x);

//	rotate to face towards the opponent
    camera.rotation.y = -60 * Math.PI/180;
    camera.rotation.z = -90 * Math.PI/180;
}

//Handles paddle collision logic
function collision()
{
    var originPoint = Player.getMesh().position.clone();

    for (var vertexIndex = 0; vertexIndex < Player.getMesh().geometry.vertices.length; vertexIndex++)
    {

        var ray = new THREE.Raycaster( originPoint, Player.getMesh().geometry.vertices[vertexIndex] );
        var collisionResults = ray.intersectObjects( collidableMeshList );
        if ( collisionResults.length > 0)
        {
            console.log("true");
            hit = true;
        }
    }
}


function resetBall()
{

}

//checks if either player or opponent has reached 7 points
function matchScoreCheck()
{

}

function spawnEnemy() //total enemies starts at 0 and every-time you add to array
{
    var shapes = ["l", "r", "mr", "ml", "m"];
    var shape = shapes[Math.floor(Math.random() * shapes.length)];
    blocks.push(new THREE.Object3D().add(GetBlock(shape)));

    for (var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {
        RandomBlock = blocks[i];
        scene.add(RandomBlock);
        hit = false;
    }

}


function startSpawningEnemies()
{

    repeater = setInterval(function() {
        spawnEnemy();
        newBlock = false;
    }, 1000); //this calls spawnEnemy every spawnRate
    /////////spawn 'spawnAmount' enemies every 2 seconds

}

I also commented out your addScore() function because it references RandomBlock which is not defined in its scope and the error message was annoying for debugging. I also commented out the collision as you will need to think of a new method for doing that. Most likely just build a function that accepts an array and then just pass it your blocks array and let it loop through it.

Overall cool game good luck to ya. Don't hesitate to reach out if you have any other questions.

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01-31-2015, 02:31 PM #3
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Wow! I didn't expect such a huge reply, it seems that my original code has changed a lot and I will have to give it a hard look through it to understand it.

I will contact you if I have any questions, I have a lot of work ahead of me.

Thanks a lot

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01-31-2015, 04:45 PM #4
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I suppose I do have one more question.

How do I get the position.x of the Randomblocks. I tried using a for loop like this:

for (var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++) {
if (blocks[i].position.x === Player.getMesh().position.x*2 && newBlock === false) {
console.log("pass");
newBlock = true;
if (hit === false) {
score++;
}
else {
score--;
}
}

document.getElementById("scores").innerHTML = score;
}
}

it works but it seems kind of buggy as it stops counting to 10 when it changes speed.

Is there another way to retrieve the position?

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01-31-2015, 07:43 PM #5
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That should work for getting the position since the Blocks are objects of type THREE.Object3d so any methods they have should work for you.

You may be having problems because you never despawn enemies ultimately getting a huge number of 3d objects in your array blocks, or you may find your position requirement doesn't mathematically work with your speed up.

Sometimes just using a few extra console.logs to track your numbers inside of functions that don't seem to be working can help you to get an idea of what values it is seeing for the numbers and when. It might make the problem super obvious. This more like shotgun debugging which is discouraged by many, but I found it to help a lot when I was first learning code. Ultimately you want to understand your logic in each function and how it can fail when you program it, and then use error checking to make sure no parameters get outside of your allowed variance.

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01-31-2015, 08:27 PM #6
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OK ill see if I can get it working.

Thanks for all your help! It helped me a lot.

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Ultimately you want to understand your logic in each function and how it can fail when you program it, and then use error checking to make sure no parameters get outside of your allowed variance.

Very well said!

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