Explorer Error with Javascript Arrays

[sniperman]

Can anyone tell me why Firefox treats this Javascript code normally while IE gives me an error: Object doesn't support this property or method???

Are arrays another IE quirk because the whole script (very large) works perfectly in other browsers.


position = new Array (10);
position[0] = "DC";
position[1] = "DL";
position[2] = "DR";
position[3] = "MC";
position[4] = "ML";
position[5] = "MR";
position[6] = "FC";
position[7] = "FL";
position[8] = "FR";
position[9] = "ST";

I can only guess it has something to do with syntax

[vwphillips]

<script type="text/javascript">
/*<![CDATA[*/
position = new Array(10);// not new Array (10);
position[0] = "DC";
position[1] = "DL";
position[2] = "DR";
position[3] = "MC";
position[4] = "ML";
position[5] = "MR";
position[6] = "FC";
position[7] = "FL";
position[8] = "FR";
position[9] = "ST";

alert(position)
/*]]>*/
</script>

[sniperman]

thanks, but that didn't quite work. I have 600 lines of code so IE must have picked up some routine connected to new Array that does not work on IE. :mad:

I'll have to debug

Can anyone recommend a javascript debugger for IE??

[sniperman]

Thought I should note I resolved the initial problem by declaring the variable like so... despite its declaration in the script body


var position = new Array (10);
position[0] = "DC";
position[1] = "DL";
position[2] = "DR";
position[3] = "MC";
position[4] = "ML";
position[5] = "MR";
position[6] = "FC";
position[7] = "FL";
position[8] = "FR";
position[9] = "ST";

This seems to do the trick in IE7 browsers. I did a thorough check across boards and forums to find heaps of people have issues with Arrays in IE7.

The modified script now throws up another problem later in the script
ERROR: Out of memory

My script does use a lot of RECURSION due to loop states until a random number fulfills a certain condition.

Before I develop a workaround, does anyone know why IE7 uses such a small memory cache and workarounds you could share... Thnx