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Asked: 2026-06-04T19:58:53+00:00

I’m trying to compare two strings and for some reason, I’m getting false as

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I’m trying to compare two strings and for some reason, I’m getting “false” as the result.

I’ve broken down the code to it’s most simple function:

<script type="text/javascript">
function selectCat(cat) {
    var catName = cat.firstChild.nodeValue;
    alert(catName);
    if(catName.toString() == "Acronyms") {
        alert("True");
    } else {
        alert("False");
    }
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<ul>
<li onclick="selectCat(this)">Acronyms</li>
</ul>
</body>

This works just fine in Dreamweaver’s Live View, as well as in IE8 (when I press F12 to preview). However, when I upload this page to my company’s web content manager (IBM WebSphere Portal), it no longer works.

I don’t know what is different between the environments, but it’s pretty frustrating. Anyone have any ideas why it might not be treating the category name as a String?

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  1. Editorial Team

    For some reason IE is including an extra space at the end of the nodeValue ie what you are actually getting is “Acronyms “.

    Edit:
    To remove the trailing space you can add

    if(catName.charAt(catName.length-1) == " "){
    catName = catName.substr(0,catName.length-1);
}
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