javascript enumeration

[xpblueScreenOfDeath]

Can some help explan what I am doing wrong and how to fix it. I couldn't figure how to use javascripts enumeration.

enum abc
{
  a,
  b,
  c
}

alert(abc.a);

 

[trollacious]

As far as I know, and as far as I've been able to research, Javascript doesn't use the reserved word enum. You need JScript .NET for that to work.

Lee

 

[manarth]

I've not come across it before in JS either, although Quackit says it's an ECMAScript reserved word.

As JavaScript and JScript are extensions to ECMAScript, it follows that ECMAScript reserved words are also reserved in J/JavaScript...But I'm not convinced that's the case here.

Wikipedia has a reasonable ECMAScript article.

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[tsdragon]

There are a lot of reserved words in ECMAscript (and Javascript/JScript) that aren't actually used. Usually they're reserved for future enhancements to the language (like class, extends, private, etc.).

What you showed about looks suspiciously like JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).

Tracy Dryden

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