please help me. i want to limit it (javascript)

[RakiZtahX]

i have this txt file name contacts.txt that contains this:

kate|female|kathryn bailey beckinsale|26-jul-1973|#23 underworld drive|(621) 142-7827|kate@lycans.net
jessica|female|jessica claire biel|03-mar-1982|27 texas avenue|(53)2344223|jbiel@yahoo.com
johnny|male|john christopher depp ii|09-jun-1963|711 pirate road|(773) 476-6634|jsparrow@piratebay.org


my script is this:

function syncText() {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

xhr.open("get", "data/contacts.txt", false);

xhr.send(null);

if (xhr.status == 200) {
var data = xhr.responseText;
var items = data.split("|");
items.sort();

var div = document.getElementById("header2");
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
var p = document.createElement("p");
var text = document.createTextNode(items[i]);
p.appendChild(text);
div.appendChild(p);
}
} else {
alert("data retrieval failed...");
}
}


html

<div id="header2">
<button onclick="syncText()">Pak</button>
</div>

i only want to retreive kat, jessica, johnny.. please help me

[felgall]

You should be splitting on \n first to load an array with each line in a separate entry - then split each of those on | and discard all but the [0] entry of each sub-array

[RakiZtahX]

how to use the /n ? it does not wortk...

var items = data.split("/n");
items = data.split("|",1);

[felgall]

\n is a linefeed

/n is a slash followed by an n

you typed the wrong character

[RakiZtahX]

yeah im sorry... but the output is this.. and i want only to get the angie, and anne (names only)

angie|female|angelina jolie voight|04-jun-1975|#43 hollywood blvd|(773) 487-4534|laracroft@wanted.com

anne|female|anne jacqueline hathaway|12-nov-1982|#3c royal avenue|(99) 452-4443|anne@diaries.com

please help me

[RakiZtahX]

function syncText() {
var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

xhr.open("get", "data/contacts.txt", false);

xhr.send(null);

if (xhr.status == 200) {
var data = xhr.responseText;
var items = data.split("\n");
items.sort();
var div = document.getElementById("header2");


for (var i=0;i <items.length; i++) {
var names=[];
names.push(items[i].split("|")[0] );
var p = document.createElement("p");
var text = document.createTextNode(items[names]);
p.appendChild(text);
div.appendChild(p);
}
} else {
alert("data retrieval failed...");
}
}


i have this codes now.. but it's undefined... what should i do?