Try/catch in IE 6.0

[Dag Sunde]

Can anyone shed som light on why i get a syntax error
on the "catch" statement in the followng code fragment
running under IE6.0/WinXP SP1?

try {
for (var i=0; i < oAreas.length; i++) {

areaName = marketInfo.XMLDocument.selectSingleNode(
"marketInformation/areas/area[areaId='" +
oAreas.item(i).text +
"']/areaCode");

areaBuffer += "<option value='" + oAreas.item(i).text + "'>" +
areaName.text + "</option>";
}
catch (areaError) {
alert("Possible inconsistency in area definitions, please contact the
exchange.");
}

TIA...

 

[Michael Winter]

Can anyone shed som light on why i get a syntax error on the "catch"
statement in the followng code fragment running under IE6.0/WinXP SP1?

try {
for (var i=0; i < oAreas.length; i++) {
[snip]

}
catch (areaError) {

^
Because you're missing a closing brace.

[snip]

Mike

 

[Dag Sunde]

Can anyone shed som light on why i get a syntax error on the "catch"
statement in the followng code fragment running under IE6.0/WinXP SP1?

try {
for (var i=0; i < oAreas.length; i++) {
[snip]

}
catch (areaError) {

^
Because you're missing a closing brace.

Damn! (It's going to be one of those days, I see...)

Thank's Mike!

 

[Douglas Crockford]

Can anyone shed som light on why i get a syntax error

on the "catch" statement in the followng code fragment
running under IE6.0/WinXP SP1?

try {
for (var i=0; i < oAreas.length; i++) {

areaName = marketInfo.XMLDocument.selectSingleNode(
"marketInformation/areas/area[areaId='" +
oAreas.item(i).text +
"']/areaCode");

areaBuffer += "<option value='" + oAreas.item(i).text + "'>" +
areaName.text + "</option>";
}
catch (areaError) {
alert("Possible inconsistency in area definitions, please contact the
exchange.");
}

I ran it through JSLINT and it found that the catch is at the wrong
depth. You are missing a '}'. If you indented your code properly, this
kind of error is easier to spot.

try {
for (var i = 0; i < oAreas.length; i += 1) {

areaName = marketInfo.XMLDocument.selectSingleNode(
"marketInformation/areas/area[areaId='" +
oAreas.item(i).text + "']/areaCode");

areaBuffer += "<option value='" + oAreas.item(i).text + "'>" +
areaName.text + "</option>";
}
}
catch (areaError) {
alert("Possible inconsistency in area definitions, " +
"please contact the exchange.");
}

Neatness counts.

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/lint.html

 

[Dag Sunde]

Believe me, it is intended and neat in my editor, I still didn't
catch it (no pun intended).

It was just Outlook Express the F*ck'ed it up a little when I
Posted it.

:-\

Thanks!