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Is there a way to use Javascript to do a search
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trollacious
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If you had the terms and descriptions in a JS array, you could search that. You could either create the array of objects with the term as one property and the description as another, or use an associative array where the array element was the term, such as:
var term=new Array();
term['dictionary']='Book of definitions';
term['car seat']='Where you sit when you travel in a car';
then you could just access the term by the term word, like:
function getTerm(termword)
{
return term[termword];
}
var oneterm=getTerm('dictionary');
//would equal "Book of definitions"
Lee
var term=new Array();
term['dictionary']='Book of definitions';
term['car seat']='Where you sit when you travel in a car';
then you could just access the term by the term word, like:
function getTerm(termword)
{
return term[termword];
}
var oneterm=getTerm('dictionary');
//would equal "Book of definitions"
Lee
The terms could be wrapped in anchor tags. With CSS you can make these anchors virtually invisible.
Then in your search function, navigate to the term's anchor.
I've done this before, but I need to dig up some code to post for you.
Thomas D. Greer
Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting
Then in your search function, navigate to the term's anchor.
I've done this before, but I need to dig up some code to post for you.
Thomas D. Greer
Providing PostScript & PDF
Training, Development & Consulting
I couldn't find it so just wrote something up quickly. I added a lot of empty paragraphs as padding just so you could see the effect:
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Code:
<html>
<head>
<title>PostScript Operators</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function doSearch()
{
window.location.hash = document.getElementById("searchTerm").value;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<p>
<a name="add">add</a>
<br/>
<br/>
Usage: num1 num2 add sum<br/><br/>
returns the sum of num1 and num2. If both operands are integers and the result is
within integer range, the result is an integer; otherwise, the result is a real number.<br/>
Examples<br/>
3 4 add Þ 7<br/>
9.9 1.1 add Þ 11.0<br/><br/>
Errors: stackunderflow, typecheck, undefinedresult<br/>
See Also: div, mul, sub, idiv, mod<br/>
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<p>
<a name="div">div</a>
<br/>
<br/>
Usage: num1 num2 div quotient<br/><br/>
divides num1 by num2, producing a result that is always a real number even if both
operands are integers. Use idiv instead if the operands are integers and an integer
result is desired.<br/>
Examples<br/>
3 2 div Þ 1.5<br/>
4 2 div Þ 2.0<br/><br/>
Errors: stackunderflow, typecheck, undefinedresult<br/>
See Also: idiv, add, mul, sub, mod<br/>
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<hr/>
</div>
<p> </p>
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<div>
<form>
<label for="searchTerm">Find a term: </label>
<input type="text" id="searchTerm" />
<input type="button" value="Search" onclick="doSearch()" />
</form>
</div>
</body>
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Training, Development & Consulting
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The "magic" is to use "windows.location.hash".
Thomas D. Greer
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Training, Development & Consulting
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