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Javascript no properties error

I have a 'no properties error' (from Firefox's 1.5 javascript console)
on:
var position_pt = options[i].search(";") in the following segment of
code.
The strange thing is that I'm referencing the options[i] variable in
other lines of the code fine, and the code executes fine as well
(except for the error).

The code below is the function to process the results of a
XMLHttpRequest and is only called when:

// if the page has been successfully called by the browser
if (oHttp.readySta te == 4) {

var asterisk_pos;
var options = oHttp.responseT ext.split(",");

for (i=0;i<=options .length;i++) {
// find the position of the semi_colon and then do a substring based
on that calculation
// seems to put out a javascript error for some reason this
var position_pt = options[i].search(";")

// put the name into a variable
var option_name = options[i].substr(positio n_pt+1)

// put the id into a variable
var option_id = options[i].substr(0, position_pt)

// write out the new options
sel_to_fill.opt ions[i] = new Option(option_n ame, option_id);
// semi working one
//sel_to_fill.opt ions[i] = new Option(options[i-1],options[i-1]);

}
}

I've tried numerous things but with no joy. Anyone got any ideas?

Apr 20 '06 #1
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in**@oceanstudi o.co.uk wrote:
I have a 'no properties error' (from Firefox's 1.5 javascript console)
on:
var position_pt = options[i].search(";") in the following segment of
code.
[...]
for (i=0;i<=options .length;i++) {
// find the position of the semi_colon and then do a substring based
on that calculation
// seems to put out a javascript error for some reason this
var position_pt = options[i].search(";")
[...]
The index of _all_ DOM collections is zero-based. There is
no options[options.length], i.e. the evaluated value of that
property is `undefined'. And `undefined' has no properties.

Do not indent code using the Tab character (at least not here),
use two or four spaces instead. And always post code so that
if it is subject to ca. 80-column word-wrapping, it still runs.
I've tried numerous things but with no joy. Anyone got any ideas?


Use

for (var i = 0; i < options.length; i++)

or, if order does not matter,

for (var i = options.length; i--;)

is more efficient.

Try Venkman[1] next time; use the Getahead version[2], unless you are using
a Firefox trunk build, too. Or wait for the upcoming FireBug[3] 0.4
extension which is announced to include a debugger using the Venkman API
(has anyone else here volunteered for the beta test yet?[4]).
PointedEars
___________
[1] <URL:http://addons.mozilla. org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id =216>
[2] <URL:http://getahead.ltd.uk/ajax/venkman>
[3] <URL:http://joehewitt.com/software/firebug/>
[4] <URL:http://joehewitt.com/>
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