Question

I made this Greasemonkey script:

var maxpi = 250;
var p1 = "/html/body/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/table[2]/tbody/tr[1]/td[11]";
var p2 = "/html/body/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/table[2]/tbody/tr[2]/td[11]";
..
var p25 = "/html/body/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/table[2]/tbody/tr[25]/td[11]";

var r1 = "/html/body/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/table[2]/tbody/tr[1]";
var r2 = "/html/body/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/table[2]/tbody/tr[2]";
..
var r25 = "/html/body/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/table[2]/tbody/tr[25]";

var xpathPI1 = document.evaluate(p1, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null);
..
var xpathPI25 = document.evaluate(p25, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null);

var xpathrow1 = document.evaluate(r1, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null);
..
var xpathrow25 = document.evaluate(r25, document, null, XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null);

if (xpathPI1.singleNodeValue.textContent >maxpi ){
xpathrow1.singleNodeValue.style.display='none';}
..
if (xpathPI25.singleNodeValue.textContent >maxpi ){
xpathrow25.singleNodeValue.style.display='none';}

Basically, it checks a table row’s 11th field and if its contents > than 250 it hides the row.

With my limited javascript knowledge took quite some time get this working.

The problem is that I have to rewrite every single line if I want to check-hide another row.
I want to make it more usable so I can use it on similar tables without rewriting the whole thing.

Maybe I need to use a different XPath type or use some kind of changing variable?

Answer 1

Use a loop and functions. Here’s one way:

hideRowsWithLargeCellValue (
    "/html/body/div/div[2]/div/div[2]/table[2]/tbody/tr[",
    25,
    "]/td[11]",
    250
);

function hideRowsWithLargeCellValue (xpathPre, maxRows, xpathPost, maxpi) {
    for (var J = maxRows;  J >= 1;  --J) {
        var srchRez  = document.evaluate (
            xpathPre + J + xpathPost, 
            document, 
            null, 
            XPathResult.FIRST_ORDERED_NODE_TYPE, 
            null
        );
        if (srchRez.singleNodeValue  &&  srchRez.singleNodeValue.textContent > maxpi) {
            var rowToHide = srchRez.singleNodeValue.parentNode;
            rowToHide.style.display='none';
        }
    }
}

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Then read “Dont Repeat Yourself” (sic).