Of course - how obvious, silly me, I'm new to JSON and had a mental
block about the eval thing.
The [0] you mentioned shouldn't have been there, I was simplifying my
code before posting and forgot to remove it.
Thanks!
On Nov 2, 3:58 pm, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That code shouldn't work in any browser. The fact that it works in Firefox
> is actually considered a bug, which I believe is being fixed in 3.0.
>
> eval() is supposed to be a method of the window object (i.e. a global
> function). It isn't supposed to be available as a method of every object.
>
> What is the purpose of the eval()? And what is the [0] for in your first
> eval? I don't see an array in the code, nor any apparent reason to use
> eval().
>
> Would this be the code you're looking for?
>
> function openPage( item ) {
> alert( menuitems[item] );
> }
>
> -Mike
>
> > From: mngd
>
> > The following code works in FF but generates errors in IE6.
> > I'm completely stumped - any feedback appreciated...
>
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
>
> > var menuitems = {
> > "home" : "home.html"
> > }
>
> > function openPage(item) {
>
> > // this is what I need to do, works in FF
> > alert(menuitems.eval(item)[0]);
>
> > // this works in IE and FF - returns 'home'
> > // (without the quotes)
> > alert(item);
>
> > // this works in FF - returns 'home.html' (without quotes)
> > // generates error in IE6 - 'Object doesn't support this
> > // property or method'
> > alert(menuitems.eval(item));
>
> > }
>
> > </script>
>
> > <h1>Using eval on a JSON array in IE6</h1>
>
> > <a href="javascript:openPage('home')">home</a>
>
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
