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Troubleshooting a comparison

Asked by Leprechaun in JavaScript

Tags: JavaScript

I'm pulling some values from an array and trying to parse them a particular way.
When I use snippet #1, the debugvar variable gets populated as follows:
A:A
B:B
D:C
D:D
E:E
G:F
G:G
[etc]

I want to only diplay info when the 2 values are the same, so I tried adding an IF statement to skip dismiliar pairs (e.g., D:C & G:F; see Snippet #2), but for some reason I'm now only getting a small subset of the results of Snippet #1. I only get the following:
A:A
B:B

I don't understand how these variations could be happening. It's all being pulled from an array and the only difference between the two is that IF statement (and, besides, shouldn't a glitch cause *all* comparisons to fail?).

Thanks.

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             // Snippet #1
for (var x = 1; x < topA.length; x++) 
{
	var debugvar=topA[x - 1] + ':' + currentCat2 +':'+''+'';
	box1.options[menuNums-1] = new Option(debugvar, menuNums);
}
 
//Snippet #2
for (var x = 1; x < topA.length; x++) 
{
	if(topA[x - 1]==currentCat2)
	{
		var debugvar=topA[x - 1] + ':' + currentCat2 +':'+''+'';
		box1.options[menuNums-1] = new Option(debugvar, menuNums);
	}
}

           
         

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Troubleshooting a comparison

Asked by Leprechaun in JavaScript

Tags: JavaScript

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