Question

I’m working on debugging some javascript, and keep running into a javascript [object] (e.g., whenI display an alert with the value, it dsplays as [object] or NaN). I’m trying to read the contents of this object. I know in Java, this would be a perfect job for deepToString(); Is there any javascript equivalent to that method?

Here’s the code generating the aforementioned object…

e = document.getElementById("contServer");  // contServer is an integer variable  
var valueCS = parseInt(e.options[e.selectedIndex].value); 
    //Value CS is a four-byte variable calculated from e

Any ideas for a javascript way to ‘decode’ this object variable so I can see what’s actually inside?

Thanks

Answer 1

ok so after looking at your original html code

    <select id="contServer" name="contServer">
        <option valueCS=1000>Up</option>
        <option valueCS=0>Down</option>
    </select>

this is invalid html, below is how an option should look like

<option selected="selected" value="1000">Up</option>

if you do the same code this will return 1000, which is the value attribute

if you have something like the below

<option selected="selected" value="0">1000</option>

your code will return 0, because value is set to 0. This should get you on your way to correct our code