firebug: component.singularize is not a function

johnmerlino · 09-17-2010, 10:10 PM

Hey all,

Firebug gives me the below error message:

component.singularize is not a function
[Break on this error] var component = component.singularize();

This is what I have:

Code:

		var component = window.location.hash.replace('#', '');
		var component = component.singularize();
		
		alert("The component name is " + component);
		
		
		
		var singularize = function(){
			if(!String.prototype.singularize){
				String.prototype.singularize = function(){
					var context = this;
					result = ((context.charAt(context.length -1, 1) == 's') ? context.substring(0, context.length - 1) : context);
					return result;
				}
			}
		}

Thanks for any response.

Shaka Zorba · 09-18-2010, 01:22 AM

Code:

<script>var component = window.location.hash.replace('#', '');
		
		
		alert("The component name is " + component);
		
		
		
		var singularize = function(){
			if(!String.prototype.singularize){
				String.prototype.singularize = function(){
					var context = this;
					result = ((context.charAt(context.length -1, 1) == 's') ? context.substring(0, context.length - 1) : context);
					return result;
				}
			}
		}
singularize();
var component = component.singularize();
alert("The component name is " + component);
</script>

johnmerlino · 09-18-2010, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shaka Zorba

Code:

singularize();
var component = component.singularize();

Why would you need to call the function (singularize()

and then call the function again (component.singularize()

?

Shaka Zorba · 09-18-2010, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnmerlino

Why would you need to call the function (singularize()

and then call the function again (component.singularize()

?

component.singularize() is not a function until
the function singularize() has ran
they are not the same thing at all

johnmerlino · 09-18-2010, 04:24 PM

Is there a less repetitive way to do this? I guess a class method? Although, I thought that was the whole idea of prototyping it to String object, so I can call it on a string.

Shaka Zorba · 09-18-2010, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnmerlino

Is there a less repetitive way to do this? I guess a class method? Although, I thought that was the whole idea of prototyping it to String object, so I can call it on a string.

Shaka Zorba · 09-18-2010, 04:52 PM

Code:

<script>var component = window.location.hash.replace('#', '');		
		
		alert("The component name is " + component);		
			
				String.prototype.singularize = function(){
					var context = this;
					result = ((context.charAt(context.length -1, 1) == 's') ? context.substring(0, context.length - 1) : context);
					return result;
				}			
var component = component.singularize();
alert("The component name is " + component);
</script>