XSLT with javascript ... grrrr!!

smcelhinney

I have this XSLT driven javascript linked list

                <script language="javascript">
                    <xsl:comment>
                        function populateMenu() {
                            var priceplan = document.getElementById('priceplan').options[document.getElementById('priceplan').selectedIndex].value;
                            if(priceplan == 0) return;
                        <xsl:for-each select="priceplan">
                            if (priceplan == &quot;<xsl:value-of select="@ppshortname"/>&quot;) {
                                var countries = new Array;
                                <xsl:for-each select="./country">
countries[countries.length] = new Option(&quot;<xsl:value-of select="@countryname"/>&quot;,&quot;<xsl:value-of select="@iso31661"/>&quot;);
                                </xsl:for-each>
                            }
                        </xsl:for-each>
                            for(i=document.getElementById('country').options.length; i&gt;0; i--) { 
                                document.getElementById('country').options[i] = null;
                            }                            

                            for(i=0; i&lt;countries.length; i++) {
                                document.getElementById('country').options[i] = countries[i];
                            }
                        
                            document.getElementById('priceplan').options[0].selected = true;
                        }
                    </xsl:comment>
                </script>

..but when I transform this and attempt to run, the following javascript error kicks in..

Error: missing ) after for-loop control
Source File: file:///E:/XMLGenerator/web/international/dropdown.html
Line: 179, Column: 91
Source Code:
                            for(i=document.getElementById('country').options.length; i>0; i- -) { 

Any ideas? There's an extra space being put in between the minus' in the decrement.

Thanks

Gosh

I think you need to change

for(i=document.getElementById('country').options.length; i>0; i--) {

to

for(i=document.getElementById('country').options.length; i>0; i--) {

and

for(i=0; i<countries.length; i++) {

to

for(i=0; i<countries.length; i++) {

occurrences of " instead of the quote character will also cause a problem

smcelhinney

????

if you are using <xsl:comment> you have to use HTML entities? You can only use those chars when you encapsulate it with CDATA directives (which is not an option because of the nested xsl directives in the javascript).

anyone?

GreeBo

smcelhinney wrote:

????

if you are using <xsl:comment> you have to use HTML entities? You can only use those chars when you encapsulate it with CDATA directives (which is not an option because of the nested xsl directives in the javascript).

anyone?

yep
though you can use CDATA and intersperse xsl directives
<CDATA blah my javascript/><xsl stuff><continuing DATA>