Re: Help with basics (newbie)

altergothen wrote:

Please help with this basic function - I get an error saying " Object
expected on Line 17"

script language="JavaScript"
var teststring;
function myregex(teststring){
if(teststring=="test"){
alert("Match found! in " + teststring);
} else {
alert("No match found in " + teststring);
}
/script

Your function is missing a closing brace '}'.

Tip: download a Mozilla browser (I recommend Firefox) if you don't
already have one. They have a useful JavaScript Console that will give
more helpful error messages than IE. I bet it would've said something
like "Expected: } at line xx".

btw, any reason why 'teststring' is declared as a global outside of your
function?

drew.

DrewM wrote:

...Tip: download a Mozilla browser (I recommend Firefox) if you don't
already have one. They have a useful JavaScript Console that will give
more helpful error messages than IE....

Definitely download Mozilla if you're into web development. IE's
javascript console is as useful during errors as reporting "There's
javascript on this page". :P

"Ron" said:

Definitely download Mozilla if you're into web development. IE's
javascript console is as useful during errors as reporting "There's
javascript on this page". :P

Well that at least will tell you javascript is recognized as such. That
Mozilla debugger is often worse than what it tries to cure.
Ivo

Ivo wrote:

That
Mozilla debugger is often worse than what it tries to cure.
Ivo


In what ways ?

I strongly disagree. I use Mozilla Firefox 0.8 to test and debug web apps. I
find the Javascript console more helpful than anything the Microsoft debugger has
ever shown me. Faster and easier to use, more likely to give you the *real*
problem.


"Ivo" <no (AT) thank (DOT) you> wrote

"Ron" said:
Definitely download Mozilla if you're into web development. IE's
javascript console is as useful during errors as reporting "There's
javascript on this page". :P

Well that at least will tell you javascript is recognized as such. That
Mozilla debugger is often worse than what it tries to cure.
Ivo

Tia wrote:

Definitely download Mozilla if you're into web development. IE's
javascript console is as useful during errors as reporting "There's
javascript on this page". :P
Well that at least will tell you javascript is recognized as such. That
Mozilla debugger is often worse than what it tries to cure.
Ivo
I strongly disagree. I use Mozilla Firefox 0.8 to test and debug
web pps. I find the Javascript console more helpful than anything
the Microsoft debugger has ever shown me. Faster and easier to use, more
likely to give you the *real* problem.

Get Mozilla and try wenkman. That's a javascript debugger. Javascript
console is nice as well.

IE for javascript debugging isn't a fun ride. I always use Mozilla for
that.

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