need some quick help with this little variable question

[rebeccatre]

hi, i am still figuring out joins and whatnot, could someone help me
achieve this goal?

<script>
var setnumber = 5;
var total5 = 100;

alert(total+setnumber);

</script>

Ok, the alert does not work, but my goal is to do what I hope is
obvious, and that is to join the setnumber value with the word
'total', so it becomes 'total5', and so it can be accessed/utilized as
such.

Can someone please help me with this? It would be greatly
appreciated. Have a very nice day.

Rebecca.

[Peter Michaux]

Hi,

On Jul 22, 5:08 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

hi, i am still figuring out joins and whatnot, could someone help me
achieve this goal?

<script>
var setnumber = 5;
var total5 = 100;

Is the above line relevant?

alert(total+setnumber);

alert("total"+setnumber);

</script>

Ok, the alert does not work, but my goal is to do what I hope is
obvious, and that is to join the setnumber value with the word
'total', so it becomes 'total5', and so it can be accessed/utilized as
such.

Can someone please help me with this? It would be greatly
appreciated. Have a very nice day.

You might find this helpful.

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Peter

[David Mark]

On Jul 22, 8:08 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

hi, i am still figuring out joins and whatnot, could someone help me
achieve this goal?

<script>

You are missing the type attribute (text/javascript.)

var setnumber = 5;
var total5 = 100;

alert(total+setnumber);

</script>

Ok, the alert does not work, but my goal is to do what I hope is

I don't see "total" defined.

obvious, and that is to join the setnumber value with the word
'total', so it becomes 'total5', and so it can be

Like this?

alert('total' + setnumber);
accessed/utilized as

such.

You lost me there. And why do you have a variable called "total5" set
to 100?

[ASM]

En réponse à re********@gmail.com qui nous a susurré, en date du :
23/07/07 2:08, le message sibyllin suivant :

>
<script>
var setnumber = 5;
var total5 = 100;

alert(total+setnumber);

</script>

Ok, the alert does not work, but my goal is to do what I hope is
obvious, and that is to join the setnumber value with the word
'total', so it becomes 'total5', and so it can be accessed/utilized as
such.

alert('total = ' + window['total'+setnumber]);

there is also the function eval()

alert('total = ' + eval('total'+setnumber));

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[Lee]

re********@gmail.com said:

>
hi, i am still figuring out joins and whatnot, could someone help me
achieve this goal?

<script>
var setnumber = 5;
var total5 = 100;

alert(total+setnumber);

</script>

Ok, the alert does not work, but my goal is to do what I hope is
obvious, and that is to join the setnumber value with the word
'total', so it becomes 'total5', and so it can be accessed/utilized as
such.

The other two answers tell us that your goal is not obvious.

You want to reference a variable whose name is partially
supplied in the value of another variable.

alert(window["total"+setnumber]);

will alert the value of total5, if setnumber=5.

Global variables are attributes of the window object (in a browser).
If your attribute name is the value of an expression, you can use
this "square bracket notation", to access it.
This makes the object look sort of like an associative array.
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[Randy Webb]

re********@gmail.com said the following on 7/22/2007 8:08 PM:

hi, i am still figuring out joins and whatnot, could someone help me
achieve this goal?

<script>
var setnumber = 5;
var total5 = 100;

alert(total+setnumber);

</script>

Ok, the alert does not work, but my goal is to do what I hope is
obvious, and that is to join the setnumber value with the word
'total', so it becomes 'total5', and so it can be accessed/utilized as
such.

Can someone please help me with this? It would be greatly
appreciated. Have a very nice day.

alert(window['total' + setnumber])

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Randy
Chance Favors The Prepared Mind
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Javascript Best Practices - http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/bestpractices/

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Peter Michaux wrote:

On Jul 22, 5:08 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

>hi, i am still figuring out joins and whatnot, could someone help me
achieve this goal?

<script>
var setnumber = 5;
var total5 = 100;

Is the above line relevant?

>alert(total+setnumber);

alert("total"+setnumber);

That would display "total5". However, it would see the OP wanted to
display "100":

window.alert(this["total"] + setnumber);

I recommend to use an array instead of numbered variables, though.

<URL: http://www.jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ3_1>

You must be kidding.
PointedEars
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[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Peter Michaux wrote:

On Jul 22, 5:08 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

>hi, i am still figuring out joins and whatnot, could someone help me
achieve this goal?

<script>
var setnumber = 5;
var total5 = 100;

Is the above line relevant?

>alert(total+setnumber);

alert("total"+setnumber);

That would display "total5". However, it would see the OP wanted to
display "100":

window.alert(this["total" + setnumber]);

I recommend to use an array instead of numbered variables, though.

<URL: http://www.jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ3_1>

You must be kidding.
PointedEars
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var bugRiddenCrashPronePieceOfJunk = (
navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5') != -1
&& navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') != -1
) // Plone, register_function.js:16

[Randy Webb]

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn said the following on 8/1/2007 9:16 AM:

Peter Michaux wrote:

On Jul 22, 5:08 pm, [e-mail] wrote:

>hi, i am still figuring out joins and whatnot, could someone help me
>achieve this goal?
>>
><script>
>var setnumber = 5;
>var total5 = 100;

>
Is the above line relevant?
>

>alert(total+setnumber);

>
alert("total"+setnumber);

That would display "total5". However, it would see the OP wanted to
display "100":

window.alert(this["total" + setnumber]);

I recommend to use an array instead of numbered variables, though.

Do you ever read a thread before replying? It has been mentioned several
times before now that an array would work better for what the OP wanted.

<URL: http://www.jibbering.com/faq/#FAQ3_1>

You must be kidding.

Why would referring the OP to buy a book (via hint) be kidding?

BTW, your posting agent, newsserver or your setup is broken for you to
be posting your reply twice.

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Randy
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