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Re: JS newbie and Array newbie

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On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 5:37:03 PM UTC-7, Stefan Weiss wrote:
> On 2012-06-27 02:16, robert@theaustinfamily.us wrote:
> > Here is what I have - and isn't working for whatever reason;
> > 
> >   function myPlanet(inPosX, inPosY, inName) {
> >         this.posX = inPosX;
> >         this.posY = inPosY;
> >         this.myName = inName;
> >     }
> > this is *supposed* to create a new "planet" object (called myPlanet)
> > 
> > and I call this function with the following code
> > var objPlanets = new myPlanet(myX, myY, ****);
> > 
> > ** my "planet name" - for the time being, I was wanting to use the
> > combination of myX and myY and no matter what I try to place into the
> > name variable, I can't get it to work!
> 
> I don't understand your problem. What you posted should work fine:
> 
>   function myPlanet(inPosX, inPosY, inName) {
>     this.posX = inPosX;
>     this.posY = inPosY;
>     this.myName = inName;
>   }
> 
>   var objPlanets = new myPlanet(23, 34, "the name");
> 
>   alert(objPlanets.posX);
>   alert(objPlanets.posY);
>   alert(objPlanets.myName);
> 
> Does this not show three alerts for the three arguments you passed to
> the myPlanet constructor?
> 
> And what does this have to do with arrays?
> 
> - stefan

Okay, well, I knew it must have been something stupid, and true enough, it was (sort 0f).

I was trying to debug this project by using the Alert() function, but mine went like this
alert(objPalnet(myName));

Now, as for the array part, I am trying (as should be obvious) trying to build a list of several planets, and will need a way to find specific details about each individual one, normally I would use database tools, creating record sets and be able to do whatever I want with the RecordSet object, but as I said, I'm branching out here and trying to learn something new.

This is a completely separate issue, and would be more than happy to post in a new thread if necessary, but I do already have two people keeping up with this thread with responses, so I figure I might as well follow up this roadblock with another, separate but related issue.

Given that I have a list of multiple planets, how would I go about retrieving say, the population of the planet named 'Earth'?

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JS newbie and Array newbie robert@theaustinfamily.us - 2012-06-26 17:16 -0700
  Re: JS newbie and Array newbie Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 02:37 +0200
    Re: JS newbie and Array newbie RoLaAus <robert@theaustinfamily.us> - 2012-06-27 16:56 -0700
  Re: JS newbie and Array newbie Gregor Kofler <usenet@gregorkofler.com> - 2012-06-27 11:00 +0200
    Re: JS newbie and Array newbie RoLaAus <robert@theaustinfamily.us> - 2012-06-27 17:01 -0700
      Re: JS newbie and Array newbie "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2012-06-29 16:45 -0700

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