Function with Multiple Returns

Question

I have this little script for getting objects on a given page:function getFieldOn(name, p){//finds (the first) field on page p with 'name' in its name
    var fields;
    for(var i = 0; i < this.numFields; i++){
        var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
        if ((f.name.indexOf(name) > -1) && (f.page == p)) return f;
    }
}I'd like to modify this so it can return a single object if that's all it finds, and return an array of objects if there are multiple objects sharing the same name or partial name. Can I have two types of return values like that? How can I modify this code?

Thom Parker · Accepted Answer

Add an array object to collect all the fields.

    var fieldsd, aRslts = [];
    for(var i = 0; i < this.numFields; i++){
        var f = this.getField(this.getNthFieldName(i));
        if ((f.name.indexOf(name) > -1) && (f.page == p)) aRslt.push(f);
    }
    return (aRslts.length==1)?aRslts[0]:aRslts;

Note that this code returns an empty array if there are no fields found.

Bernd Alheit · Answer

You can return a single object or an array of objects.

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