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How do I compare new ajax output with previous using divs?

I decided to build a high/low game in javascript and am running into an issue where the numbers displayed are ahead of what the variables have stored or the exact opposite. I can't seem to get them to match.
EDIT: I figured it out, the code ran before ajax was done causing an offset.
It helps me more when I find answers with the old code to compare with the new so I'll leave the broken code. Updated with working code at the end.
Page that helped me figure out a fix:
Wait for AJAX before continuing through separate function
Original JavaScript:
var y = "0";
var z = "0";
var output_div = document.getElementById("outcome");
var last_ = document.getElementById("val");
var cardVal;
function higher(x) {
var new_ = last_.innerHTML; //getting new value
y = last_.getAttribute("data-old"); //getting old value
console.log("data_old " + y);
z = ajx(); //calling function return the value from which need to compare
console.log("data_new " + z);
if (x === 1) {
if (z > y) {
output_div.innerHTML = "Winner!";
} else {
output_div.innerHTML = "Loser!";
}
} else {
if (z < y) {
output_div.innerHTML = "Winner!";
} else {
output_div.innerHTML = "Loser!";
}
}
last_.setAttribute("data-old", new_); //setting old value with current value of div
}
function ajx() {
$.ajax({
url: "./getfacecard.php",
success: function(response) {
var result = $.parseJSON(response);
var img = result[0];
cardVal = result[1];
document.getElementById(\'card\').src = img;
document.getElementById(\'val\').innerHTML = cardVal;
}
});
return cardVal; // return current card value in calling function
}
Updated Working JavaScript:
var lastVal = document.getElementById("lastVal"); //Last played cars value
var wl = document.getElementById("outcome"); //Shows win or lose
var newVal = document.getElementById("currentVal"); //Current face up card
var iSrc = document.getElementById("card"); //Card img
var lVal; //Last cards value from post
var iLink; //Image link from post
var nVal; //Gets new html to be sent to post.
function start(x){
// console.log("Start:");
ajx(function(){ //Runs ajax before continuing
iSrc.src = iLink; //Set new card image src
newVal.innerHTML = nVal; //Sets Current card value in div
lastVal.innerHTML = lVal; //Sets Last card value in div
// console.log("-slgn"); //Consoles to track code launch order.
// console.log("-Last Value: "+lVal);
// console.log("-Current Value: "+nVal);
// console.log("-Link: "+iLink);
// console.log(x);
if(x===1){ //If clicked higher
if(nVal>lVal){ //If new card is higher than old card
wl.innerHTML = "Winner!";
}else{
wl.innerHTML = "Loser!"
}
}
if(x===2){
if(nVal<lVal){ //If new card is lower than old card
wl.innerHTML = "Winner!";
}else{
wl.innerHTML = "Loser!"
}
}
});
}
function ajx(callback) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
data: {data:newVal.innerHTML}, //Post new card value to be returned as last card.
url: "./getfacecard.php",
success: function(response) {
var result = $.parseJSON(response);
iLink = result[0]; //img
lVal = result[2]; //Last card
nVal = result[1]; //New Card
// console.log("ajax");
callback(); //Go back and the code
}
});
}

You can use custom attribute in your div to save your current value as old value and vice versa so only one div required here i.e: Your div look like below :
<div data-old="0" id="val">0</div>
And js code will look like below:
var y = "0";
var z = "0";
var output_div = document.getElementById("outcome");
var last_ = document.getElementById("val");
function higher(x) {
var new_ = last_.innerHTML; //getting new value
y = last_.getAttribute("data-old"); //getting old value
console.log("data_old " + y);
z = ajx(); //calling function return the value from which need to compare
console.log("data_new " + z);
if (x === 1) {
if (z > y) {
output_div.innerHTML = "Winner!";
} else {
output_div.innerHTML = "Loser!";
}
} else {
if (z < y) {
output_div.innerHTML = "Winner!";
} else {
output_div.innerHTML = "Loser!";
}
}
last_.setAttribute("data-old", new_); //setting old value with current value of div
}
function ajx() {
$.ajax({
url: "./getfacecard.php",
success: function(response) {
var result = $.parseJSON(response);
var img = result[0];
var cardVal = result[1];
document.getElementById('card').src = img;
document.getElementById('val').innerHTML = cardVal;
}
});
return cardVal; // return current card value in calling function
}
In above js code what i done is after ajax call finishes execution it will return cardVal which will get pass in variable z and then we will compare it with y i.e : old value and print required output.Also, i have return value from ajax called because when you do document.getElementById(\'val\').innerHTML = cardVal; still this value is not available with us in our function higher so to overcome this i have return that value to your calling function.
(This code is already tested and working as excepted )

Parsing data from api in javascript

I am trying to parse data from a wordpress json api to my ionic app, Data from api is coming as:
{
"event_0_date_from":["20191015"],
"event_0_date_to":["20190926"],
"event_0_event":["Winter Vacation"],
"event_0_description":["Winter vacation"],
"event_1_date_from":["20190917"],
"event_1_date_to":["20190930"],
"event_1_event":["Dashain Vacation"],
"event_1_description":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_date_from":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_date_to":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_event":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_description":["--some-data--"],
---------------
-------------
--------------
-------------
"event":["3"] this shows total number of events
}
Using javascript, how would I format the above data and save it to some variable so that I can render it easily?
events:[
{
"date_from":"20191015",
"date_to":"20190926",
"event":"Winter Vacation",
"description":"Winter vacation"
},
{
"date_from":"20191015",
"date_to":"20190926",
"event":"Winter Vacation",
"description":"Winter vacation"
},
{
"date_from":"--some-data--",
"date_to":"--some-data--",
"event":"--some-data--",
"description":"--some-data--"
},
---------------
-------------
--------------
-------------
]
I tried so many methods but none are working.

I think your just should take "yourObjekt.event[0]" for a counter like:
var newObjekt = [];
for (var i=0; i<yourObjekt.event[0]; i++) {
newObjekt[i] = {
date_from: yourObjekt["event_"+i+"_date_from"][0],
date_to: yourObjekt["event_"+i+"_date_to"][0],
event: yourObjekt["event_"+i+"_event"][0],
description: yourObjekt["event_"+i+"_description"][0]
}
}

You just need to iterate over your json object. Within each iteration create a new map and push this newly created map into an array. Following is working snippet.
let data = {
"event_0_date_from":["20191015"],
"event_0_date_to":["20190926"],
"event_0_event":["Winter Vacation"],
"event_0_description":["Winter vacation"],
"event_1_date_from":["20190917"],
"event_1_date_to":["20190930"],
"event_1_event":["Dashain Vacation"],
"event_1_description":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_date_from":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_date_to":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_event":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_description":["--some-data--"],
"event":["3"]
}
let array = [];// Initialize an array
let index = data.event[0];// Number of events
for(let i=0;i<index;i++){
let map = {};//Initialize a new map in each iteration.
map.date_from = data["event_"+i+"_date_from"][0];
map.date_to = data["event_"+i+"_date_to"][0];
map.event = data["event_"+i+"_event"][0];
map.description = data["event_"+i+"_description"][0]
array.push(map);// finally push map into array
}
console.log(array);

Try this code, it will include all event attributes in a dynamic way
var output = [];
for(var key in datas){
// parse key
var keyParts = key.split('_');
var value = datas[key];
// ignore "event" total
if(keyParts.length > 1){
var key = keyParts.slice(2).join('_'); // generate correct key from parts
var index = keyParts[1]; // indexes : 0, 1, 2, etc.
// initialize in first call
if(output.hasOwnProperty(index) === false){
output[index] = {}
}
// append to output
output[index][key] = value
}
}

Withing 20 minutes with Googling (+ few minutes for proper adjustment of counters) ... (wrote JS few times in whole life)
I was not sure how to load it into String and did not wanted to escape whole string, so I am loading it from a text file
Input data:
{
"event_0_date_from":["20191015"],
"event_0_date_to":["20190926"],
"event_0_event":["Winter Vacation"],
"event_0_description":["Winter vacation"],
"event_1_date_from":["20190917"],
"event_1_date_to":["20190930"],
"event_1_event":["Dashain Vacation"],
"event_1_description":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_date_from":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_date_to":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_event":["--some-data--"],
"event_2_description":["--some-data--"]
}
Page and script:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<body>
<input type="file" id="upload">
<script>
document.getElementById('upload').addEventListener('change', readFileAsString)
function readFileAsString() {
var files = this.files;
if (files.length === 0) {
console.log('No file is selected');
return;
}
var reader = new FileReader();
reader.onload = function(event) {
//console.log('File content:', event.target.result);
var inputStr = event.target.result;
//console.log(inputStr);
var obj = JSON.parse(inputStr);
//console.log(obj);
var hasNext=true;
var counter = 0;
while(hasNext){
var properties =["date_from","date_to","event","description"];
var propertyPrefix = "event_"
var prop = propertyPrefix + counter + "_" + properties[0];
if(obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)){
console.log("element #" + counter + ": ")
for(var i = 0; i< properties.length;i++){
var propToPrint = propertyPrefix + counter + "_" + properties[i];
//console.log("loading: " + propToPrint)
console.log(" " + obj[propToPrint]);
}
counter++;
}else{
hasNext = false;
}
}
};
reader.readAsText(files[0]);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Result:
element #0:
20191015
20190926
Winter Vacation
Winter vacation
element #1:
20190917
20190930
Dashain Vacation
--some-data--
element #2:
--some-data--
--some-data--
--some-data--
--some-data--
So, eg. this way its possible :)

Acrobat dynamic stamp popup window to reflect stamp comment

I am creating an application with an acrobat dynamic stamp pop up window and I would like it to reflect the stamp comment. My dynamic stamp has some JavaScript that will generate a pop-up window. The information on the pop-up window text field will become part of the stamp. I'm trying to add the contents of the pop-up window in two areas.
On the Dynamic stamp (done)
On the Stamp Comments (need help)
Below I added the JavaScript I currently have. If anyone here can help me find a solution, I'd really appreciate it.
var builder =
{
// These map to Text Fields in the Stamp
textBoxes :
[
{ field:"IsoNum", description:"Isometric Number:", default:function() { return Collab.user; } }
]
}
/*********** belongs to: AcroForm:Calculation:Calculate ***********/
// SEE GLOBAL JAVASCRIPT SECTION FOR CUSTOMIZATION
if (event.source.forReal)
{
var stampDialog = CreateDialog(builder);
app.execDialog(stampDialog);
for (var i = 0; i < builder.textBoxes.length; ++i)
{
var t = builder.textBoxes[i];
this.getField(t.field).value = stampDialog.textBoxResults[i];
}
}
function CreateDialog(dialogBuilder)
{
var sd = new Object();
sd.builder = dialogBuilder;
sd.textBoxResults = new Array();
var optionsElements = new Array();
for (var i = 0; i < dialogBuilder.textBoxes.length; ++i)
{
var view = new Object();
view.type = "view";
view.align_children = "align_row";
view.elements = new Array();
var t = dialogBuilder.textBoxes[i];
var s = new Object();
s.type = "static_text";
s.item_id = "sta" + i;
s.name = t.description;
s.width = 110;
var e = new Object();
e.type = "edit_text";
e.item_id = "edt" + i;
e.width = 150;
view.elements[0] = s;
view.elements[1] = e;
optionsElements[i] = view;
}
var optionsCluster =
{
type: "cluster",
name: "Options",
elements: optionsElements
};
sd.initialize = function(dialog)
{
var init = new Object();
for (var i = 0; i < this.builder.textBoxes.length; ++i)
{
var t = this.builder.textBoxes[i];
var id = "edt" + i;
init[id] = t.default();
}
dialog.load(init);
};
sd.commit = function(dialog)
{
var res = dialog.store();
for (var i = 0; i < this.builder.textBoxes.length; ++i)
{
var t = this.builder.textBoxes[i];
var id = "edt" + i;
this.textBoxResults[i] = res[id];
}
};
sd.description =
{
name: "Stamp Dialog",
elements:
[
{
type: "view",
align_children: "align_fill",
elements:
[
optionsCluster
]
},
{
type: "ok"
}
]
};
return sd;
}

I don't have any specific code but it seems you understand enough Acrobat JavaScript to understand my instructions.
The dialog code runs between the time you select and position the stamp and when the stamp actually gets created. For that reason, you can't set the contents of the note directly in your code because the stamp annotation doesn't actually exist until your commit function finishes. What you have to do instead is create a function that sets the contents of the note inside a timeOut and use a delay of about a half second.

How can i use multiple pagedown in one page?

I tried the below code for that, but it adds pagedown buttons to only the first .wmd-input.
if ($(".wmd-input").length > 0) {
var converter = new Markdown.Converter();
var help = function () { alert("Do you need help?"); }
var options = {
helpButton: { handler: help },
strings: {quoteexample: "whatever you're quoting, put it right here"}
};
var editors = [];
var i = 0;
$(".wmd-input").each(function() {
editors[i] = new Markdown.Editor(converter, "", options);
editors[i].run();
i = i + 1;
});
}

Looks like i have to add unique ID for each element of wmd. I mean wmd-input, wmd-preview and wmd-button-bar. I modified this id attributes programmatically. This can be done with modifying manually but my length of inputs are dynamic.
// make wmd's id's unique
var pBox = $(this).parents(".box");
$(pBox).find("textarea").attr('id', "wmd-input" + i);
$(pBox).children("#wmd-preview").attr('id', "wmd-preview" + i);
$(pBox).find("#wmd-button-bar").attr('id', "wmd-button-bar" + i);
So when this ID attributes is set, i called the editor with postfix variable and problem solved.
editors[i] = new Markdown.Editor(converters[i], i, options);
if ($(".wmd-input").length > 0) {
var converters = [];
var editors = [];
var i = 1;
$(".wmd-input").each(function() {
converters[i] = new Markdown.Converter();
var help = function () { alert("Do you need help?"); }
var options = {
helpButton: { handler: help },
strings: {quoteexample: "whatever you're quoting, put it right here"}
};
// make wmd's id's unique
var pBox = $(this).parents(".box");
$(pBox).find("textarea").attr('id', "wmd-input" + i);
$(pBox).children("#wmd-preview").attr('id', "wmd-preview" + i);
$(pBox).find("#wmd-button-bar").attr('id', "wmd-button-bar" + i);
editors[i] = new Markdown.Editor(converters[i], i, options);
editors[i].run();
i = i + 1;
});
}

How to find the number of form elements that are getting passed to e.parameter in GAS?

In Google App Scripts (GAS), I want to be able to add and remove TextBox and TextArea elements to a FlexTable (that's being used as a form) and not worry about how many there are. I've named the text elements based on a counter to make this process easier.
So, is there a way to get the number of inputs (TextBox + TextArea) passed to e.parameter after the form is submitted?
Here's the relevant code from the FlexTable:
function doGet() {
var app = UiApp.createApplication();
var flex = app.createFlexTable().setId('myFlex');
var counter = 0;
var row_counter = 0;
...
var firstnameLabel = app.createLabel('Your FIRST Name');
var firstnameTextBox = app.createTextBox().setWidth(sm_width).setName('input' + counter).setText(data[counter]);
flex.setWidget(row_counter, 1, firstnameLabel);
flex.setWidget(row_counter, 2, firstnameTextBox);
row_counter++;
counter++;
var lastnameLabel = app.createLabel('Your LAST Name');
var lastnameTextBox = app.createTextBox().setWidth(sm_width).setName('input' + counter).setText(data[counter]);
flex.setWidget(row_counter, 1, lastnameLabel);
flex.setWidget(row_counter, 2, lastnameTextBox);
row_counter++;
counter++;
...
var submitButton = app.createButton('Submit Proposal');
flex.setWidget(row_counter, 2, submitButton);
var handler = app.createServerClickHandler('saveProposal');
handler.addCallbackElement(flex);
submitButton.addClickHandler(handler);
var scroll = app.createScrollPanel().setSize('100%', '100%');
scroll.add(flex);
app.add(scroll);
return app;
}
And here's the code for the ClickHandler (notice that I currently have 39 elements in my FlexTable):
function saveProposal(e){
var app = UiApp.getActiveApplication();
var userData = [];
var counter = 39;
for(var i = 0; i < counter; i++) {
var input_name = 'input' + i;
userData[i] = e.parameter[input_name];
}
So, is there a way to get the number of elements (in this case 39) without manually counting them and assigning this value to a variable?
I'm new at this stuff and I'd appreciate your help.
Cheers!

The simplest way is to add a hidden widget in your doGet() function that will hold the counter value like this :
var hidden = app.createHidden('counterValue',counter);// don't forget to add this widget as a callBackElement to your handler variable (handler.addCallBackElement(hidden))
then in the handler function simply use
var counter = Number(e.parameter.counterValue);// because the returned value is actually a string, as almost any other widget...
If you want to see this value while debugging you can replace it momentarily with a textBox...

You can search for arguments array based object.
function foo(x) {
console.log(arguments.length); // This will print 7.
}
foo(1,2,3,4,5,6,7) // Sending 7 parameters to function.

You could use a while loop.
var i = 0;
var userData = [];
while (e.parameter['input' + i] != undefined) {
userData[i] = e.parameter['input' + i];
i++;
};
OR:
var i = 0;
var userData = [];
var input_name = 'input0';
while (e.parameter[input_name] != undefined) {
userData[i] = e.parameter[input_name];
i++;
input_name = 'input' + i;
};