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Re: Reversing the rows of a table ??

Message-ID <1437763.yZijEUq800@PointedEars.de> (permalink)
From Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Organization PointedEars Software (PES)
Date 2014-03-04 15:56 +0100
Subject Re: Reversing the rows of a table ??
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
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Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Michael Haufe (TNO) wrote:
>> > One approach is to create a second tbody in the table and then
>> > copy/move the old rows from the bottom up into the new tbody and then
>> > remove the old tbody when complete.
>> > 
>> > <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTableElement>
>> > 
>> > Evertjan is correct though that it would be wiser to populate a
>> > different data structure and then reverse it there before populating
>> > the table.
>> 
>> That would require
>> 
>>   1a. Creating a native object.
>>   2a. Copying the table (body) data to that object.
>>   3a. Reversing the order of the data in the object.
>>   3b. nothing
>>   4a. Copying the data from the object to the DOM object.
>>   4b. Copying the data from the object to the DOM object
>>       in reverse order.
>> 
>> By contrast, you could just
>> 
>>   1c. Reverse the order of the nodes in the document tree in place.
>> 
>> Why is the former wiser?
> 
> It isn't, nor did I suggest it.

You agreed with that assessment.

> I think you've misinterpreted what was written.

If not the former four steps, what, then, do you understand to mean 
“populate a different data structure and reverse it there before populating 
the table”?

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Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-03-03 16:57 -0700
  Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-04 01:15 +0100
  Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-03-03 16:19 -0800
    Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-03-03 17:31 -0700
      Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-04 01:36 +0100
      Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-03-03 18:51 -0800
        Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-04 08:57 +0100
        Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2014-03-04 09:13 +0100
          Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-04 09:49 +0100
        Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-04 12:16 +0100
          Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-03-04 06:37 -0800
            Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-04 15:56 +0100
              Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-03-04 09:10 -0700
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-04 17:56 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-04 21:47 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-04 22:38 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2014-03-04 15:46 -0700
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-05 00:18 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-03-04 16:17 -0800
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-05 09:06 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-03-05 17:49 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Christian Winter <thepoet_nospam@arcor.de> - 2014-03-05 06:50 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-05 09:07 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-05 16:42 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Christian Winter <thepoet_nospam@arcor.de> - 2014-03-06 07:28 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-06 10:58 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-06 11:11 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-03-06 10:35 -0300
              Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-03-04 11:06 -0800
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-04 20:22 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-04 20:55 +0100
  Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? ompalompasales2@gmail.com - 2014-03-04 12:59 -0800
  Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 23:05 +0100
    Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-05 23:42 +0100
      Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 14:57 +0100
        Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-06 22:37 +0100
          Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 23:04 +0100
            Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-06 23:20 +0100
              Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 23:31 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-07 00:30 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-03-07 18:10 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-07 22:49 +0100
            Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-03-06 19:21 -0300
              Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 23:41 +0100
                Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-03-06 22:45 -0300
    Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-03-05 23:47 +0100
      Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 14:57 +0100
    Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 23:41 +0000
    Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2014-03-06 18:56 -0300
      Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2014-03-06 23:18 +0100
        Re: Reversing the rows of a table ?? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-03-06 23:24 +0100

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