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user1158040
user1158040

Reputation: 47

jQuery json dictionary solution

Would like to handle translation with json and jquery. The problem i'm facing is how to get values and output its parameter if no such translation value exists.

Hard to explain, will try.

dict['Total Amount'] would for example return "My total amount" in another language, if that is what the key holds. But if I would send dict['Max Score'] and key "Max Score" doesn't exist it should write Max Score instead.

I have no idea how to accomplish this. Perhaps a json object would work? Really need help thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 145

Answers (2)

Rohan Kumar
Rohan Kumar

Reputation: 40639

Its array not json object and you had not added key Max Score in dict array, try to assign Max Score key like,

var dict=[];
dict['Total Amount'] ='My total amount';
alert(dict['Total Amount'] ,dict['Max Score']);// dict['Max Score'] = blank/undefined
dict['Max Score'] ='Max Score';
alert(dict['Max Score']);// alerts Max Score

Demo

If you use json and get any key by . then don't use space in a key, otherwise you can't be able to get the appropriate result.

Upvotes: 0

Felix Kling
Felix Kling

Reputation: 817128

How you store your data, e.g. as JSON, doesn't matter for this problem. Assuming you are having an object, such as 

var de = {
   'hello': 'hallo'
};

for a language, you can create a function that accepts a dictionary and a phrase to look up. Test if the phrase exists and if it doesn't, return the phrase itself:

function lookup(phrase, dict) {
    if (dict.hasOwnProperty(phrase)) {
        return dict[phrase];
    }
    return phrase;
}

var translation = lookup('bye', de);

References: Object#hasOwnProperty, Working with Objects

Upvotes: 1

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