The currency and the value are read from an xml file. I would then
like to add them to an object. I have tried various permutations of
the following (ie using square brackets instead of dot etc) without
success.

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var doc = document.implementation.createDocument('', 'dummy', null);
doc.load('CEBrates.xml');
var rateObject = {};
doc.onload = function () {
var cubes = doc.getElementsByTagNameNS('http://www.ecb.int/
vocabulary/2002-08-01/eurofxref','Cube');
var date = cubes[1].getAttribute('time');
document.write("Data for " + date + "<br /><br />")
for (var i = 2; i < cubes.length; i++){
var currency = cubes[i].getAttribute('currency');
var rate = cubes[i].getAttribute('rate');
rateObject.currency = rate;
}
document.write(rateObject.USD);
document.close()
};
</script>

I would be grateful for any help.

<steve.

On 2008-09-26 22:23, Steve wrote:
> The currency and the value are read from an xml file. I would then
> like to add them to an object. I have tried various permutations of
> the following (ie using square brackets instead of dot etc) without
> success.
....
> for (var i = 2; i < cubes.length; i++){
> var currency = cubes[i].getAttribute('currency');
> var rate = cubes[i].getAttribute('rate');
> rateObject.currency = rate;

You are setting the "currency" property of the rateObject object, not
the "USD" or "GBP" properties. What you probably want as a result is
something like this (I didn't look too closely):

{
'USD': '123.456',
'GBP': '234.345',
'EUR': '345.456',
(etc)
}

Try using this instead:

rateObject[currency] = rate;

That's assuming that all the expected elements and attributes actually
exist and are not empty. Also, the values will be Strings, not Numbers,
but I guess you know that. Just in case :-)


- Conrad

On Sep 27, 4:23*am, Steve <stephen.jo...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> the following (ie using square brackets instead of dot etc) without
> success.
> <snip>
> * * * * var currency = cubes[i].getAttribute('currency');
> * * * * var rate = cubes[i].getAttribute('rate');
> * * * * rateObject.currency = rate;

/* what you probably want is:
*/

rateObject[currency] = rate;

/* so that later you can use something like:
*/

var usdRate = rateObject.USD;
var myrRate = rateObject.MYR;