Why does not the type of the variable become string?

[Guest]

Hi , I need your help. \(´o `)/

When I get "DropDownList.items", the type of the variable dose not become "string".
Why??

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var ddList = new Array();
ddList = ["adobe","PSD","Japan"]; //all string array value

/***** create window ******/

var dlg =

    "dialog{text:'Script Interface',bounds:[200,200,460,350],"+

    "panel0:Panel{bounds:[10,10,240,140] , text:'' ,properties:{borderStyle:'etched',su1PanelCoordinates:true},"+

    "ddownlist1:DropDownList{bounds:[10,20,100,45]},"+

    "button1:Button{bounds:[10,55,100,80] , text:'Ok' },"+

    "button2:Button{bounds:[110,55,200,80] , text:'Cancel' }}}";

var win = new Window(dlg, "click ok button!");

for(var i=0 ; i< ddList.length ; i++){

     win.panel0.ddownlist1.add("item",ddList);   // add elements to doropdownlist.

}

win.panel0.ddownlist1.selection=0;

/*****when "ok" button is clicked ... ******/
win.panel0.button1.onClick = function(){

    var ddownlistItems= win.panel0.ddownlist1.items;

    for(var i=0 ; i<ddownlistItems.length; i++){

         /******** If when "isNaN" Command was returned to "true",then the type of the variable is "string",if it was returned to "false" ,then not "string".  *****/

        alert("ddownlistItems["+i+"]="+isNaN(ddownlistItems)) ;

    }  

}

win.show();

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I tried this script , "alert" was returned "ddownlistItems[0]=false".

but the setting of the dropdownlist items used "string" array.

Why does not the type of the variable become string?

thank you.

[Paul Riggott · Accepted solution]

Because you are not testing the string only the index.

try..

alert(ddownlistItems +" = " +isNaN(ddownlistItems.text));

[schroef]

@ Paul Rigott,

Super Thanks! i was almost freaking out why when i call the alert and simple get ....selection it spits out the dropdown text. I did not now this was a string then. What kind of format or text is at that point? I thought when not asking for the index you automatically get the string and thus value. Im perhaps confused by other types of coding like python or flash scripting.    

[Guest]

Ohh..!

I see!

I forgot the "text" Command。。。

Thank you very much!!!

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