We Keep Coding

When using strings with numbers at the start in an array key (Indesign 2017, extendscript) they don't get added to the array

Observe:
var groupedLinks = new Array;
for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
linkName = "59notgonnawork" + i;
groupedLinks[linkName] = new Array;
}
I would have expected the result to be the array groupedLinks to be filled up with 5 new keys, the value would be 5 empty arrays.
The actual result in extendscript would be ... grouplinks ... empty.
If I would change this example to be:
var groupedLinks = new Array;
for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
linkName = "notgonnawork" + i;
groupedLinks[linkName] = new Array;
}
It would work perfectly. The only change is the missing "59" at the start of the string used for the array key.
Note that this works perfectly when I run it in console for chrome or firefox. It seems to be indesign and/or extendscript fooling around.
Anything have any ideas why ? I've meanwhile worked around the problem but I'm intrigued.

I would have expected the result to be the array groupedLinks to be filled up with 5 new keys, the value would be 5 empty arrays.
That's exactly what it does, but the way you're viewing the data is likely concealing it because you're not using the proper data structure. Also, property access won't work without using [] because identifiers may not start with a number, so you'd need:
groupedLinks["59notgonnawork0"]
What you're doing isn't meant for arrays, which are expecting sequential numeric indices (though they can technically be assigned other properties too). The type of structure you should be using is a plain object instead.
var groupedLinks = {};
for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
const linkName = "59notgonnawork" + i;
groupedLinks[linkName] = new Array; // Array? plain Object? Depends on its use.
}

Why not trying to push the value in the array on each iteration.
var groupedLinks = new Array;
for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
linkName = "59notgonnawork" + i;
groupedLinks.push(linkName);
}

ExtendScript Arrays are great for stocking data per indeces. If you need key/values objects, why not use… Objects ?
var groupedLinks = {};
for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
linkName = "59notgonnawork" + i;
groupedLinks[linkName] = "Whatever…";
}
alert( groupedLinks["59notgonnawork0" ] ); //"Whatever…"

Pass array values to another array

I have an array of input fields called '$inputFieldsArray' then I slice them to group by 3 into 'newArray' then I need new array value for each item to assign to another array cause in the end I need an array with input fields values grouped by 3. The end goal is to get an array which contains for 9 input fields ex [[i1,i2,i3],[i4,i5,i6],[i7,i8,i9]].
For some reason 'stringArray' output is nothing, first two arrays print correct results. It's probably some mistake I do regarding JS arrays.. Sorry js is not my main language, I try to learn it. Thanks.
Here is a screenshoot with chrome console:
Here is my function:
$($submitButton).click(function () {
// Get number of input fields
let $total = $("input[name^='bodyHeader']").length;
// Get input fields as objects
let $inputFieldsArray = $("input[name^='bodyHeader']");
let newArray = [];
let stringArray = [];
let j = 0;
// Group input fields by 3
for (let i = 0; i < $total - 1; i += 3) {
newArray[j] = $inputFieldsArray.slice(i, i + 3);
j++;
}
// Extract string values from newArray and pass them into stringArray
for (let k = 0; k < newArray.length - 1; k++) {
stringArray[k][0] = newArray[k][0].value;
stringArray[k][1] = newArray[k][1].value;
stringArray[k][2] = newArray[k][2].value;
}
// Print to test results
console.log($inputFieldsArray);
console.log(newArray);
console.log("String Array: " + stringArray);
... // Function logic is not complete
});
SOLUTION:
There is no way to declare dynamic length bidimensional array in js. Use this approach suggested by #Stephan :
stringArray[k] = [newArray[k][0].value, newArray[k][1].value,
newArray[k[2].value];
or this approach suggested by #Lorenzo Gangi:
var matrix = [],
cols = 3;
//init the grid matrix
for ( var i = 0; i < cols; i++ ) {
matrix[i] = [];
}

stringArray[k] is undefined because you defined stringArray as [] (Your browser probably threw an exception). Additionally newArray[k] starts at index 0.
You could write stringArray[k] = [newArray[k][0].value, newArray[k][1].value, newArray[k][2].value] instead.

Basically,
stringArray[k]
is undefined yet, therefore setting its [0] property wont work. May do:
stringArray[k] =newArray[k].map(el=>el.value);
Alltogether:
$($submitButton).click(function () {
let stringArray = $("input[name^='bodyHeader']").toArray().reduce((res,_,i,arr)=>((i%3==0 && res.push(arr.slice(i,i+3).map(e=>e.value))),res),[]);
});

string occurrences in a string

I'm am working on a script to count the number of times a certain string (in this case, coordinates) occur in a string. I currently have the following:
if (game_data.mode == "incomings") {
var table = document.getElementById("incomings_table");
var rows = table.getElementsByTagName("tr");
var headers = rows[0].getElementsByTagName("th");
var allcoord = new Array(rows.length);
for (i = 1; i < rows.length - 1; i++) {
cells = rows[i].getElementsByTagName("td");
var contents = (cells[1].textContent);
contents = contents.split(/\(/);
contents = contents[contents.length - 1].split(/\)/)[0];
allcoord[i - 1] = contents
}}
So now I have my variable allcoords. If I alert this, it looks like this (depending on the number of coordinates there are on the page):
584|521,590|519,594|513,594|513,590|517,594|513,592|517,590|517,594|513,590|519,,
My goal is that, for each coordinate, it saves how many times that coordinate occurs on the page. I can't seem to figure out how to do so though, so any help would be much appreciated.

you can use regular expression like this
"124682895579215".match(/2/g).length;
It will give you the count of expression
So you can pick say first co-ordinate 584 while iterating then you can use the regular expression to check the count
and just additional information
You can use indexOf to check if string present

I would not handle this as strings. Like, the table, is an array of arrays and those strings you're looking for, are in fact coordinates. Soooo... I made a fiddle, but let's look at the code first.
// Let's have a type for the coordinates
function Coords(x, y) {
this.x = parseInt(x);
this.y = parseInt(y);
return this;
}
// So that we can extend the type as we need
Coords.prototype.CountMatches = function(arr){
// Counts how many times the given Coordinates occur in the given array
var count = 0;
for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){
if (this.x === arr[i].x && this.y === arr[i].y) count++;
}
return count;
};
// Also, since we decided to handle coordinates
// let's have a method to convert a string to Coords.
String.prototype.ToCoords = function () {
var matches = this.match(/[(]{1}(\d+)[|]{1}(\d+)[)]{1}/);
var nums = [];
for (var i = 1; i < matches.length; i++) {
nums.push(matches[i]);
}
return new Coords(nums[0], nums[1]);
};
// Now that we have our types set, let's have an array to store all the coords
var allCoords = [];
// And some fake data for the 'table'
var rows = [
{ td: '04.shovel (633|455) C46' },
{ td: 'Fruits kata misdragingen (590|519)' },
{ td: 'monster magnet (665|506) C56' },
{ td: 'slayer (660|496) C46' },
{ td: 'Fruits kata misdragingen (590|517)' }
];
// Just like you did, we loop through the 'table'
for (var i = 0; i < rows.length; i++) {
var td = rows[i].td; //<-this would be your td text content
// Once we get the string from first td, we use String.prototype.ToCoords
// to convert it to type Coords
allCoords.push(td.ToCoords());
}
// Now we have all the data set up, so let's have one test coordinate
var testCoords = new Coords(660, 496);
// And we use the Coords.prototype.CountMatches on the allCoords array to get the count
var count = testCoords.CountMatches(allCoords);
// count = 1, since slayer is in there

Use the .indexOf() method and count every time it does not return -1, and on each increment pass the previous index value +1 as the new start parameter.

You can use the split method.
string.split('517,594').length-1 would return 2
(where string is '584|521,590|519,594|513,594|513,590|517,594|513,592|517,590|517,594|513,590|519')

how to access and sort 2d array in javascript

I'm writing a script to initalize 2d array in javascript by reading txt file. Here are some portions of my code
var neighbor = {};
var temp = new Array();
neighbor[nodemap[ temparray[0]]] = temp; //nodemap[ temparray[0]] is an integer
neighbor[nodemap[temparray[0]]]. push(nodemap[temparray[1]]);
neighbor[nodemap[temparray[0]]]. push(nodemap[temparray[2]]);
.... // continue to add value
Then I want to access and sort the array, like this
for (var i = 0; i < n_count; i++);
{
for (var k = 0; k < neighbor[i].length; k++);
neighbor[k].sort(function(a,b){return a - b})
}
However, I got the error that neighbor[i] is unidentified. Could you please show me how to fix that?

Your neighbor "array" is actually an object literal. So the way you should loop over neighbor is:
for (var key in neighbor) {
var cur = neighbor[key];
cur.sort(function (a,b) {
return a - b;
});
}

Finding an object and returning it based on search criteria

I have been searching online all day and I cant seem to find my answer. (and I know that there must be a way to do this in javascript).
Basically, I want to be able to search through an array of objects and return the object that has the information I need.
Example:
Each time someone connects to a server:
var new_client = new client_connection_info(client_connect.id, client_connect.remoteAddress, 1);
function client_connection_info ( socket_id, ip_address, client_status) {
this.socket_id=socket_id;
this.ip_address=ip_address;
this.client_status=client_status; // 0 = offline 1 = online
};
Now, I want to be able to search for "client_connection.id" or "ip_address", and bring up that object and be able to use it. Example:
var results = SomeFunction(ip_address, object_to_search);
print_to_screen(results.socket_id);
I am new to javascript, and this would help me dearly!

Sounds like you simply want a selector method, assuming I understood your problem correctly:
function where(array, predicate)
{
var matches = [];
for(var j = 0; j < array.length; j++)
if(predicate(j))
matches.push(j);
return matches;
}
Then you could simply call it like so:
var sample = [];
for(var j = 0; j < 10; j++)
sample.push(j);
var evenNumbers = where(sample, function(elem)
{
return elem % 2 == 0;
});
If you wanted to find a specific item:
var specificguy = 6;
var sixNumber = where(sample, function(elem)
{
return elem == specificguy;
});

What have you tried? Have you looked into converting the data from JSON and looking it up as you would in a dictionary? (in case you don't know, that would look like object['ip_address'])
jQuery has a function for this jQuery.parseJSON(object).

You're going to need to loop through your array, and stop when you find the object you want.
var arr = [new_client, new_client2, new_client3]; // array of objects
var found; // variable to store the found object
var search = '127.0.0.1'; // what we are looking for
for(var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++){ // loop through array
var x = arr[i]; // get current object
if(x.ip_address === search){ // does this object contain what we want?
found = x; // store the object
break; // stop looping, we've found it
}
}