"undefined" with setTimeout

[gomzi]

hi,
I am posting below my javascript code,
function displaynames(name)
{
var names = name.split(",");
var t = setTimeout("shownames('" + names + "')",5000);
}

function shownames(names)
{
var i=0;
while(i<names.length)
{
alert(names[i]);
i=i+1;
}

Initially displaynames gets called, then after the split, it calls the shownames function. But when i try to display the values through the while loop i get "undefined" instead of the real values.

Am able to display the values in the displaynames function.

any idea as to whats going wrong here?

[mrhoo]

SetTimeout evaluates its first argument to a string,
so the array is joined before it is passed to shownames.

Pass the string to displaynames and do the split in shownames:

function displaynames(name){
    var t = setTimeout("shownames('" + name + "')",5000);
}
 
function shownames(name){
    var names = name.split(",");
    var i=0, L=names.length;
    while(i<L){
        alert(names[i++]);        
    }
}

[acoder]

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