redzoneglobal asked on
JS Error -> Split is not a function
I'm teaching myself javascript, as we have decided to develop our own analytics tracking to integrate into our analytics db. We had previously been using a 3rd party to provide tracking technology. So, this is my first dive into javascript, with my experience mostly in VB .net/asp and SQL. I was making good progress, and then ran into this issue. Javascript tested through: var broken_info = cookieValue.split(":")
When the browser executes this line I get: cookieValue.split is not a function in Firefox error console.
Here is the complete javascript (which is housed in a js file) and is called from the javascript at this URL: http://www.searchmarketingtools.com/tester.html?source=testengine&kw=test+keyword
//<!-- Tracking Code v1.00 - All rights reserved -->
function Randomstring()
{
var chararr="abcdefghijklmnopq
var rndstr=""
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
rndstr=rndstr+chararr.char
}
id = rndstr;
return rndstr;
}
function Setcookie()
{
var _d=new Date();
_d.setTime(_d.getTime()+31
expires=_d
var fcnv = "SMTstatbuilder="+"id:"+Ra
document.cookie = fcnv;
}
function readCookie(name) {
if (document.cookie == '') {
// there's no cookie, so go no further
return false;
} else {
// there is a cookie
var firstChar, lastChar;
var theBigCookie = document.cookie;
firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name)
// find the start of 'name'
if(firstChar != -1) {
// found cookie
firstChar += name.length + 1;
// skip 'name' and '='
lastChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar);
// Find the end of the value string (i.e. the next ';').
if(lastChar == -1) lastChar = theBigCookie.length;
return unescape(theBigCookie.subs
} else {
// If there was no cookie of that name, return false.
return false;
}
}
}
var id
var cookieValue = readCookie('SMTstatbuilder
if(cookieValue == "false"){Setcookie}
else {
var broken_info = cookieValue.split(":")
id = broken_info[1];
}
**************************
From all the reference/documentation I have reviewed, split is a valid string function. Why am I getting this error?
When the browser executes this line I get: cookieValue.split is not a function in Firefox error console.
Here is the complete javascript (which is housed in a js file) and is called from the javascript at this URL: http://www.searchmarketingtools.com/tester.html?source=testengine&kw=test+keyword
//<!-- Tracking Code v1.00 - All rights reserved -->
function Randomstring()
{
var chararr="abcdefghijklmnopq
var rndstr=""
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
rndstr=rndstr+chararr.char
}
id = rndstr;
return rndstr;
}
function Setcookie()
{
var _d=new Date();
_d.setTime(_d.getTime()+31
expires=_d
var fcnv = "SMTstatbuilder="+"id:"+Ra
document.cookie = fcnv;
}
function readCookie(name) {
if (document.cookie == '') {
// there's no cookie, so go no further
return false;
} else {
// there is a cookie
var firstChar, lastChar;
var theBigCookie = document.cookie;
firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name)
// find the start of 'name'
if(firstChar != -1) {
// found cookie
firstChar += name.length + 1;
// skip 'name' and '='
lastChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar);
// Find the end of the value string (i.e. the next ';').
if(lastChar == -1) lastChar = theBigCookie.length;
return unescape(theBigCookie.subs
} else {
// If there was no cookie of that name, return false.
return false;
}
}
}
var id
var cookieValue = readCookie('SMTstatbuilder
if(cookieValue == "false"){Setcookie}
else {
var broken_info = cookieValue.split(":")
id = broken_info[1];
}
**************************
From all the reference/documentation I have reviewed, split is a valid string function. Why am I getting this error?
JavaScript
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hielo
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redzoneglobal
Russell2566:
Even though you pointed out another syntax error on the setCookie function call, Hielo was correct with the assessment that I was testing for a string condition, instead of a boolean condition on the cookieValue variable. (I appreciate you catching that for me)..
Hielo,
Guess I was confused as cookieValue will contain string data, if the cookie already exists, and not boolean data value. I'm still learning the nuances of javascript, but for the most part it's pretty straight forward.
Appreciate the quick replies from both of you!
Even though you pointed out another syntax error on the setCookie function call, Hielo was correct with the assessment that I was testing for a string condition, instead of a boolean condition on the cookieValue variable. (I appreciate you catching that for me)..
Hielo,
Guess I was confused as cookieValue will contain string data, if the cookie already exists, and not boolean data value. I'm still learning the nuances of javascript, but for the most part it's pretty straight forward.
Appreciate the quick replies from both of you!
hielo
in regards to: "cookieValue will contain string data, if the cookie already exists"
you are correct! The problem is that since the cookie was not being set correctly, the logic inside your readCookie function was returning false;
Look at the alert("?") in this example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
function Randomstring()
{
var chararr="abcdefghijklmnopq
var rndstr=""
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
rndstr=rndstr+chararr.char
}
id = rndstr;
return rndstr;
}
function Setcookie()
{
var _d=new Date();
_d.setTime(_d.getTime()+31
expires=_d
var fcnv = "SMTstatbuilder="+"id:"+Ra
document.cookie = fcnv;
}
function readCookie(name)
{
if (document.cookie == '')
{
// there's no cookie, so go no further
return false;
}
else
{
// there is a cookie
var firstChar, lastChar;
var theBigCookie = document.cookie;
firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name)
// find the start of 'name'
if(firstChar != -1)
{
// found cookie
firstChar += name.length + 1;
// skip 'name' and '='
lastChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar);
// Find the end of the value string (i.e. the next ';').
if(lastChar == -1)
lastChar = theBigCookie.length;
return unescape(theBigCookie.subs
}
else
{
alert("?");
// If there was no cookie of that name, return false.
return false;
}
}
}
var id
var cookieValue = readCookie('SMTstatbuilder
if(cookieValue == "false"){Setcookie}
else {
var broken_info = cookieValue.split(":")
id = broken_info[1];
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
you are correct! The problem is that since the cookie was not being set correctly, the logic inside your readCookie function was returning false;
Look at the alert("?") in this example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
function Randomstring()
{
var chararr="abcdefghijklmnopq
var rndstr=""
for(i=0;i<10;i++)
{
rndstr=rndstr+chararr.char
}
id = rndstr;
return rndstr;
}
function Setcookie()
{
var _d=new Date();
_d.setTime(_d.getTime()+31
expires=_d
var fcnv = "SMTstatbuilder="+"id:"+Ra
document.cookie = fcnv;
}
function readCookie(name)
{
if (document.cookie == '')
{
// there's no cookie, so go no further
return false;
}
else
{
// there is a cookie
var firstChar, lastChar;
var theBigCookie = document.cookie;
firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name)
// find the start of 'name'
if(firstChar != -1)
{
// found cookie
firstChar += name.length + 1;
// skip 'name' and '='
lastChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar);
// Find the end of the value string (i.e. the next ';').
if(lastChar == -1)
lastChar = theBigCookie.length;
return unescape(theBigCookie.subs
}
else
{
alert("?");
// If there was no cookie of that name, return false.
return false;
}
}
}
var id
var cookieValue = readCookie('SMTstatbuilder
if(cookieValue == "false"){Setcookie}
else {
var broken_info = cookieValue.split(":")
id = broken_info[1];
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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if(cookieValue == false) {
Setcookie();
} else {
var broken_info = cookieValue.split(":",1)
id = broken_info[1];
}