In the below code, I am getting "push is not a function" error. Can anyone please let me know what I am doing wrong here? I am trying to create 2D array in Javascript.
var myArray = new Array(4);
myArray = ["0","0","0","0"];
for (var i=0; i<myArray.length; i++) {
myArray[i].push("ID");
myArray[i] = new Array(1);
for (var j=0; j<myArray[i].length; i++) {
myArray[i][j].push("Array[j]");
}
}
Firebug is pointing me to:
myArray[i].push("ID");
For this line I am getting "TypeError: myArray[i].push is not a function"
Final array it should look like is:
[ID,"SomeValue1"],
[ID,"SomeValue2"],
[ID,"SomeValue3"]
And I cannot hard code, I need to create this dynamically based on data from DB
3 Answers 3
myArray[i].push("ID");
Is invalid of course because it's a function defined for an Array not for it's elements.
valid syntax would be
myArray.push("ID");
To know more about array.push() go here.
Comments
This will create your example.
var myArray = new Array(4);
for (var i = 0; i < myArray.length; i++) {
myArray[i] = ["ID", "SomeValue" + (i+1)];
}
But if you need to set data from a database, how is that being set in the Javascript? if it's in a different array you could do the following:
var dbArray = ["SomeValue1", "SomeValue2", "SomeValue3"];
var myArray = new Array(dbArray.length);
for (var i = 0; i < myArray.length; i++) {
myArray[i] = ["ID", dbArray[i]];
}
1 Comment
First of all, you can initialize Arrays using the Array Literal [] which should always be preferred
Then push is an Array method. So you have to call it on an Array
myArray[i] is the Element of the Array, myArray the Array
var arr = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 5;i++) {
arr.push = []; //Uses the Arrays push method
for ( var j = 0; j < 5; j++)
arr[i][j] = "Asd"; //Sets an Element
}
console.log(arr);
And as you see don't need to "Dim" an Array, you just can assign an Array to a Variable and start pushing Elements in it.
As you can see in the example, the first time
push is directly after arr, its the Arrays Method and appends a new Element to the Array
And in the second Example it accesses the Element and assigns it a value directly
What you are doing in your code is trying to invoke the push method on an Elements Array
Assume i is 0 Then
'myArray[i]' is "0" and the String "0" has no Method push.
But you can directly assing a new String to the Element like.
myArray[i] = "ID"
push("ID"). What should the array look like in the end?