elementAt(str, idx, delim)

Sometimes the simplest things stop me dead in my tracks...

Could someone please explain why I can't use the string function, "elementAt"? I'm simply trying to parse a long comma delimited string. Writing it with substring and indexOf is fine, but I'd like to fully understand what's going on. Do I need the WMLScript String Library to use elementAt? Do I need to pay for that library? Where do I even download it?Some of these sites are so confusing. Also, since my string can get kind of lengthy, what is the function that will do this the quickest? I don't know, maybe I'm just tired, but it would sure be nice to have this all explained when I wake up in the morn.

Thanks to all my helpers out there.

Sometimes the simplest things stop me dead in my tracks...

Could someone please explain why I can't use the string function, "elementAt"? I'm simply trying to parse a long comma delimited string. Writing it with substring and indexOf is fine, but I'd like to fully understand what's going on. Do I need the WMLScript String Library to use elementAt? Do I need to pay for that library? Where do I even download it?Some of these sites are so confusing. Also, since my string can get kind of lengthy, what is the function that will do this the quickest? I don't know, maybe I'm just tired, but it would sure be nice to have this all explained when I wake up in the morn.

Thanks to all my helpers out there.

I don't think elementAt() is a native javascript string method. A native method would look like:

str.elementAt(idx, delim)

instead of:

elementAt(str, idx, delim)

Here's a good number of examples on how to test a string in an Array:
http://www.snook.ca/archives/javascript/testing_for_a_v/

It might give you some Ideas.

Why not just say str.split(delim)[idx] ?

thank you! split does the trick just fine.