I have 10 000 arrays in various array numbers like this
myArray[0] = "Football";
myArray[3] = "Baseball";
myArray[5] = "Cricket";
myArray[9] = "Football";
myArray[17] = "Baseball";
myArray[2289] = "Cricket";
myArray[739] = "Football";
myArray[235] = "Baseball";
myArray[13] = "Cricket";
How can I find out if there is any array less than myArray[500]? :confused:
And if i can find it out ... can I automatically list all those arrays in another array for example? Because I want to delete all arrays less than myArray[500] without having to loop. because when I have a million arrays .. it will take too long. :(
bullant 05-16-2011, 01:01 PM How can I find out if there is any array less than myArray[500]? :confused:
And if i can find it out ... can I automatically list all those arrays in another array for example?
Maybe use this demo as a guide
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
<title></title>
<style type="text/css"></style>
<script type="text/javascript">
var outArray = new Array();
var myArray = new Array();
myArray[0] = "Football";
myArray[3] = "Baseball";
myArray[5] = "Cricket";
myArray[9] = "Football";
myArray[17] = "Baseball";
myArray[2289] = "Cricket";
myArray[739] = "Football";
myArray[235] = "Baseball";
myArray[13] = "Cricket";
for(var i in myArray){
if(i < 500){outArray.push(myArray[i]);}
}
//for testing purposes output outArray
var str = '';
for(i=0; i < outArray.length; i++){
str += outArray[i]+"\n";
}
alert(str);
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
looks like what i need. However, excuse the ignorance but doesn't
for(var i in myArray)
loop through all the arrays elements?
if so, then it is not good because if there are 1000 000 elements it will be too much on the client computer. :(
oVTech 05-16-2011, 01:43 PM looks like what i need. However, excuse the ignorance but doesn't
for(var i in myArray)
loop through all the arrays elements?
if so, then it is not good because if there are 1000 000 elements it will be too much on the client computer. :(
I don't think that people do that kind of thing on the client. Maybe you should look into PHP and AJAX for dealing with a million array items or arrays.
looks like what i need. However, excuse the ignorance but doesn't
for(var i in myArray)
loop through all the arrays elements?
if so, then it is not good because if there are 1000 000 elements it will be too much on the client computer. :(
You make a confusion between Arrays and Objects.
An Array is an ordered list of values. Circling through the elements of an array is to be made using an incrementing loop, a simple for or an while loop
An Object is an unordered list of property:value pairs. Circling through the properties of an Object is to be made using a for/in loop.
var myArray=[ // this is an Array
'John Doe',
34
]
for(var i=0;i<myArray.length;i++){
alert(myArray[i]);
}
var myObject={ // this is an Object
'name':'John Doe',
'age':34
}
for(property in myObject){
alert(property+' : '+myObject[property])
}
And, if there are 1.000.000 or elements, that means you should reconsider the way you input the data. 1 million is too much even for a server-side language or an ordinary DBMS.
unfortunately it must be on clientside
So you think there is no way to do something like
Get all myArray where arrayElementNumber < 500
:confused:
ok then ...I might as well explain what I am trying to do... :rolleyes:
I am dynamically creating and deleting many divs on a website. Each div has a separate id starting from 1 to 1000 000. Of course, I will not have a million div on the site. i will only have 100 or so at a time.... The problem is, the user is the one who decides which div, from 1 to 1000 000 is going to appear on the screen. So they can randomly pick 100 divs. Before I create those, i have to delete all divs that were there before.
:rolleyes:
any ideas ?
Simply set an upper limit of the loop increment
var limit=500;
for(var i=0;i<limit;i++){
// do whichever with myArray[i]
}
ok then ...I might as well explain what I am trying to do... :rolleyes:
I am dynamically creating and deleting many divs on a website. Each div has a separate id starting from 1 to 1000 000. Of course, I will not have a million div on the site. i will only have 100 or so at a time.... The problem is, the user is the one who decides which div, from 1 to 1000 000 is going to appear on the screen. So they can randomly pick 100 divs. Before I create those, i have to delete all divs that were there before.
:rolleyes:
any ideas ?
As I said 1000000 in a row is much too much. Find a way to split, organize and systematize data.
bullant 05-16-2011, 02:19 PM looks like what i need. However, excuse the ignorance but doesn't
for(var i in myArray)loop through all the arrays elements?
if so, then it is not good because if there are 1000 000 elements it will be too much on the client computer. :(
My understanding of the the way the loop works is that it only loops through the actual elements in the array. So even if there are potentially 1,000,000 elements but only 9 actually exist as in your code then only 9 elements are looped through and the ones that meet the test condition in the IF statement are then pushed to the output array.
OK, if you do not really have 1.000.000, but you want to use numbers from 0 to 1.000.000, you should definitely use an Object, not an Array. As bullant said, if you define just a single array's element as myArray[999999], myArray will still have 1000000 of elements, from which 999999 will be null.
var myObject= {
'0':"Football",
'3':"Baseball",
'5':"Cricket",
'9':"Football",
'17':"Baseball" // and so on - note: the last elements must not have a comma delimiter, IE<9 fix
}
oh... i did not know that .... I thought I could just say myArray[999999] and have just one element in the array :eek:
So I guess I am back to square one then.... I need to use an object....
But now how will i find the records less than 500 using objects .... :confused:
Last question guys ...promise :D
On the other hand, if your array given as example is real, why don't you write the array in another way?
var myArray=[
['Footbal',[0,9,739]],
['Baseball',[3,17,235]],
['Cricket',[5,2289,13]]
]
Still I guess that an Object is the proper solution...
But now how will i find the records less than 500 using objects .... :confused:
var myObject= {
'0':"Football",
'3':"Baseball",
'5':"Cricket",
'9':"Football",
'17':"Baseball",
'2289':"Cricket",
'739':"Football",
'235':"Baseball",
'13':"Cricket"
}
var limit=500;
var outObject={};
var a;
for(a in myObject){
Number(a)>limit?outObject[a]=myObject[a]:null;
}
//test:
for(a in outObject){
alert(a+' : '+outObject[a]);
}
thanks a million .. just what I need :thumbsup:
Much appreciated ;)
Stuck again :D
personObj=new Object();
personObj.firstname="John";
personObj.lastname="Doe";
personObj.age=50;
personObj.eyecolor="blue";
the above creates this...
personObj={firstname:"John",lastname:"Doe",age:50,eyecolor:"blue"};
How can I rewrite the code so that the identifiers are number strings... like this
personObj={'1':"John",'2':"Doe",'3':50,'4':"blue"};
use the square bracket notation:
personObj['1']='John';
// and so on
It is essential to keep/define the properties of an object within quotes (as strings), especially when they are "number-like".
rnd me 05-16-2011, 07:27 PM As bullant said, if you define just a single array's element as myArray[999999], myArray will still have 1000000 of elements, from which 999999 will be null.
they will be undefined, not null.
rnd me 05-16-2011, 07:28 PM It is essential to keep/define the properties of an object within quotes (as strings), especially when they are "number-like".
why? numbers work for me, what's the extra conversion for?
they will be undefined, not null.
Correct, as they are not objects. null is an object. I was using the null term in a common language way, to emphasize something else (the length of the Array), not as a JavaScript term.
why? numbers work for me, what's the extra conversion for?
To avoid problems. That's why:
var myObject={
0:'one',
1:'two'
}
alert(myObject.0)
Compare with:
alert(myObject['0'])
rnd me 05-16-2011, 09:14 PM To avoid problems. That's why:
var myObject={
0:'one',
1:'two'
}
alert(myObject.0)
Compare with:
alert(myObject['0'])
i mean why
alert(myObject['0'])
instead of
alert(myObject[0])
seems like the quot/apos is not needed for integer key names since the string version of 0 is "0"...
again thank you all. I am a happy man :thumbsup:
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