Question

I have a list of data in javascript that looks like this:

[[152, 48, 'http://www.google.com'], 
 [198, 47, 'http://www.stackoverflow.com'], 
 [199, 45, 'http://www.apple.com']]

I am using flot to create a plot, and am trying to pass this third value to access a hyperlink from the point. As such, I am trying to lookup the third value of each list by using the first two as the lookup keys (i.e., [[x,y,hyperlink],[x2,y2,hyperlink2]], click on a point, then use the appropriate (x,y) to find the corresponding hyperlink)

Is there anyway to do this, or do I need to pass some dictionaries for x and y to javascript, then find the common variable from the two lists that were looked up? In python I know you could do a filter of list on the x value with itemgetter, then lookup a link corresponding to the y value. But I know almost nothing about js, so could a solution to ID-ing with (x,y) be given, or if not possible or advised, then a solution to taking two lists of (from x and y vals) and find a common value (if multiple, just one, anyone)?

Answer 1

somthing like this maybe

  var findX = 198
  var findY = 47
  var targetUrl
  for (var i=0; i<arr.length; i++)
  {
      for (var j=0; j<arr[i].length; j++)
      {
          if (findX = j[0] && findY == j[1])
          {
              targetUrl = j[2]
          } 
      }
  }