Case/Switch Statement 1

[dmears1]

I am reading data from a XML file. I need to test the value of one of the nodes and then use a Swith/Case statement to test the value of one of the nodes. Below is my code:

_root.sixthnode = this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[6].firstChild.nodeValue;

var tmpCity = _root.sixthnode;

                trace(typeof(tmpCity)); //outputs string
		trace(tmpCity); // outputs MEM
		switch(tmpCity)
		{
			case 'MEM':
			tmpCity = 'Memphis';
			break;
			default:
                        trace("failure");
		}

When I trace tye typeof the tmpCity variable it is string. I've verified that tmpCity is MEM. However, I am entering the default case.

If anyone has any ideas why a trace shows that tmpCity is a string with a value of MEM, yet my case statement isn't working, I would appreciate any help.

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[kennethkawamoto]

//
var tmpCity = "MEM";
trace(tmpCity);
switch (tmpCity) {
case 'MEM' :
	tmpCity = 'Memphis';
	break;
default :
	trace("failure");
	break;
}
trace(tmpCity);
stop();
//

[tt]// Output
MEM
Memphis[/tt]

So basically your switch statement should be fine.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[Dustman]

Is there any whitespace in your text? You may need to trim it up first.. try trace("tmpCity is '" + tmpCity + "'"); and make sure you don't see "tmpCity is 'MEM '" or something like that.

-Dustin
Rom 8:28

 

[dmears1]

Thanks for the help. The issue was with whitespace. I had:

xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;

but it was not stripping out the whitespace. I added a function to strip it out and it works. Thanks again for the help.

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