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Old Pedant · 10-09-2012, 01:06 AM

I also have to ask: Suppose your incoming array looks like this:

Code:

[  "adamson = 123", "jones = 775", "adams = 999" ]

If you ask for "adams", you are going to find "admason" first. Is that really what you want?

Seems to me like this kind of array is a mistake. I think you would want an object with multiple properties, thus:

Code:

var userinfo = {
    "adamson" : 123,
    "jones" : 775,
    "adams" : 999
    };

And now you could just do

Code:

    var value = userinfo["adams"];

Much more efficient and you won't get "false positive" matches.

10-09-2012, 01:06 AM	PM User \| #4
Old Pedant Supreme Master coder! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 23,200 Thanks: 59 Thanked 3,996 Times in 3,965 Posts	I also have to ask: Suppose your incoming array looks like this: Code: [ "adamson = 123", "jones = 775", "adams = 999" ] If you ask for "adams", you are going to find "admason" first. Is that really what you want? Seems to me like this kind of array is a mistake. I think you would want an object with multiple properties, thus: Code: var userinfo = { "adamson" : 123, "jones" : 775, "adams" : 999 }; And now you could just do Code: var value = userinfo["adams"]; Much more efficient and you won't get "false positive" matches. __________________ An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. A realist drinks it no matter how much there is.