Anchor collection inside html table

[ryan.mclean]

Hi all, I hope somebody here can help me, I am attempting to obtain a
reference to the anchors inside of a table. Here is what I have:

table = document.getEle mentById(a_strT ableId);

for(var i = 0; i < table.rows.leng th; i++) {
for(var j = 0; j < table.rows[i].cells.length; j++) {
a = table.rows[i].cells[j].getElementsByT agName("A")
alert(a.href);
if (strCurrentpath = a.href) {
a[i].className = 'yellow';
a[i].parentNode.cla ssName = 'space_on_botto m';
}
}
}

What I am expecting is to obtain the hrefs of the anchors inside of the
given table. Is there a better way to achieve this? Can I not
getElementsByTa gName like I am attempting?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Have a nice night,
Ryan

[Stephen Chalmers]

<ry*********@gm ail.com> wrote in message news:11******** **************@ o13g2000cwo.goo glegroups.com.. .

Hi all, I hope somebody here can help me, I am attempting to obtain a
reference to the anchors inside of a table. Here is what I have:

table = document.getEle mentById(a_strT ableId);

for(var i = 0; i < table.rows.leng th; i++) {
for(var j = 0; j < table.rows[i].cells.length; j++) {
a = table.rows[i].cells[j].getElementsByT agName("A")
alert(a.href);
if (strCurrentpath = a.href) {
a[i].className = 'yellow';
a[i].parentNode.cla ssName = 'space_on_botto m';
}
}
}

What I am expecting is to obtain the hrefs of the anchors inside of the
given tabletable = document.getEle mentById('a_str TableId');
alert(a.href); // you need to specify a subscript here if (strCurrentpath = a.href) {
a[i].className = 'yellow';

You have used assignment '=' instead of equalty '=='

This will work, but still relies on each cell containing only one link:

for(var i = 0; i < table.rows.leng th; i++)
for(var j = 0; j < table.rows[i].cells.length; j++)
{
a = table.rows[i].cells[j].getElementsByT agName("A")

alert(a[0].href);

if (strCurrentpath == a[0].href)
{
a[i].className = 'yellow';
a[i].parentNode.cla ssName = 'space_on_botto m';
}
}

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Stephen Chalmers
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[RobG]

ry*********@gma il.com wrote:

Hi all, I hope somebody here can help me, I am attempting to obtain a
reference to the anchors inside of a table. Here is what I have:

table = document.getEle mentById(a_strT ableId);

for(var i = 0; i < table.rows.leng th; i++) {
for(var j = 0; j < table.rows[i].cells.length; j++) {
a = table.rows[i].cells[j].getElementsByT agName("A")
alert(a.href);
a is a collection and does not have an href attribute.
if (strCurrentpath = a.href) {
a[i].className = 'yellow';
a[i].parentNode.cla ssName = 'space_on_botto m';
}
}
}

What I am expecting is to obtain the hrefs of the anchors inside of the
given table. Is there a better way to achieve this? Can I not
getElementsByTa gName like I am attempting?

var table = document.getEle mentById(a_strT ableId);
var a = table.getElemen tsByTagName('a' );

'a' will be a collection of the A elements inside the table. Presumably
'strCurrentpath ' is a string passed to the function and represents some
URI. Fixing the '=' issue and using a appropriately:

for (var i=0, j=a.length; i<j; i++ ){
if ( strCurrentpath == a[i].href ) {
a[i].className = 'yellow';
a[i].parentNode.cla ssName = 'space_on_botto m';
}
}

[...]

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Rob

[ryan.mclean]

Oh my gosh, I made such silly mistakes . . . thank you both for showing
me the error of my ways. Just when you start to think you're a web
developer :)

Have a great day!
Ryan