How to iterate through a list of strings returned from a web service using JQuery

Question

This is my first JQuery experience and I\'m on quite a tight deadline. It\'s a bit of an embarrassing question, but here goes. I\'m calling a web service that returns a l

Answer 1

Using Array.split() will produce an array:

var string = "red,blue,green,orange"

$.each(string.split(','), function(){
  alert(this)
})

Answer 2

Thanks! I wouldn't have been able to solve it without the feedback. I'm still not completely sure what format resultData is. I did some copy and paste on the code so not sure what data['d'] converts the list into in json terms.

When I tried the split on resultdata I got this error in Firebug:

resultData.split is not a function

In the end I just used the $.each() on resultdata without the split and it worked.

function onActionCompleted(data) {

    var resultData = data['d'];
    $.each(resultData, function() {
        alert(this)
    })
}

Answer 3

Consider string.split() instead of jQuery:

var items = results.split(',');

for( var i = 0; i < items.length; i++ ) {
  alert( items[i] );
}

Answer 4

Sounds like your webservice gave you a csv-string. Split it into an array, wrap jQuery around it and add a callback function for each of the elements like this:

$(resultData.split(",")).each(function () {
    alert(this);
});