why doesn't the FAQ answer "How to iterate over the properties of anobject?"

[Jake Barnes]

<FAQENTRY>

Since I haven't coded Javascript in awhile, I find that with my
current job I need to remind myself of basic syntax. Just now I wanted
to look up how to iterate over an object. I was looking for a reminder
of how to do this:

for (var key in styleObject) {
alert(key + " is " + styleObject[key];
}

I found that after a moment of searching around.

Why isn't this in the FAQ? Surely it is a frequent question?

</FAQENTRY>

 

[rf]

<FAQENTRY>

Since I haven't coded Javascript in awhile, I find that with my
current job I need to remind myself of basic syntax. Just now I wanted
to look up how to iterate over an object. I was looking for a reminder
of how to do this:

for (var key in styleObject) {
alert(key + " is " + styleObject[key];
}

I found that after a moment of searching around.

Why isn't this in the FAQ? Surely it is a frequent question?

Maybe not. Maybe nobody needs to ask it so it is not, actually, asked
frequently.

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Jake Barnes <[email protected]>:
^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Who are you?

for (var key in styleObject) {
alert(key + " is " + styleObject[key];
}

I found that after a moment of searching around.

Why isn't this in the FAQ?

Because, even if we ignored the syntax error, it would still be an
insufficient (and error-prone) solution.

Surely it is a frequent question?

IIRC not in itself.


PointedEars