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Parse error in for loops ?

birgir — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:06:20 GMT

Hi I keep getting parse error in my javascript for loops. My less than operator seems to be interpreted as a open element. Anything wrong with my definitions here ?I'm using the eclipse editor to deploy and have org.alfresco.repo.workflow.jbpm.AlfrescoJavaScript referenced. I have run a number of sc

Re: Parse error in for loops ?

bedag-moo — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:21:27 GMT

You might be able to escape < using < However, to iterate over a collection I'd recommend using for each, as in:

               for each (document in bpm_package.children) {
                  document.transformDocument("text/plain");
               }‍‍‍

That eliminates the need for comparisons 🙂

Re: Parse error in for loops ?

birgir — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:08:34 GMT

ok, thanks I could do that. I would like to know why this doesnt work though but using


for(var i=0; i &lt; 2;i++) 
‍‍‍

as you suggested works fine, thanks.

Re: Parse error in for loops ?

bedag-moo — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:28:55 GMT

A processdefinition is an xml document. In an xml-document, < indicates the beginning of a tag …

Re: Parse error in for loops ?

sacco — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:19:49 GMT

A processdefinition is an xml document. In an xml-document, < indicates the beginning of a tag …

Indeed: you shouldn't need to leave the spaces around < either.

If you really prefer not to see < then you can reverse the order of the numbers being compared: strictly speaking '>' should probably be written > , but as no XML element is open the parser will probably accept a raw '>' .

Re: Parse error in for loops ?

birgir — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:46:32 GMT

true, guess I assumed the parser would handle scripts differently, or not at all for that matter. Wiki examples show this syntax e.g

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/WorkflowSample_Lifecycle