Javascript array for auto-complete

Question

I implemented a auto-complete function that takes an array as parameter.

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('#empf').autocomplete(['black', 'white', 'red']);
}

Now I do not want a static array. Outside the document ready function I declared a function that retrieves the colors from local storage. I call this function in document ready function.

So everytime the user enters new input I want to put it in the array and use that array globally. Is that possible?

For initialisation of the array, at any point I know the number of colores stored.

So instead of the static array I put a variable e.g. data and I declare data as an array. I tried it this way:

var colors;

$(document).ready(function(){
        loadColors();
        $('#empf').autocomplete(colors);
}

function loadColors(){
 colors = new Array(getNumColor()));
//in a loop save the colors to array using colors[i] = ...
}

But this causes my application to crash. Any ideas?

Any ideas?

What do you mean by crash? Are you getting an error message? — Darin Dimitrov
– Darin Dimitrov, Commented Jan 15, 2011 at 9:45
It breaks the interaction with the UI, the UI is just frozzen — DarkLeafyGreen
– DarkLeafyGreen, Commented Jan 15, 2011 at 9:47

Alfred · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-15 10:05:12Z

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Like Rahul said this seems to be an issue of parenthesis. With firebug(another link) it is easier to detect/debug these bugs.

Also I think you should use jquery ui's autocomplete if you are not already using it(I am not sure if you are using it).

answered Jan 15, 2011 at 10:05

Alfred

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rahul · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-15 09:58:33Z

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Seems to be an issue with parenthesis.

It should be

colors = new Array(getNumColor());

instead of

colors = new Array(getNumColor()));

answered Jan 15, 2011 at 9:58

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