Loop with == works but !== does not

[gchammer]

I have a process in es4 that loads data from a data base in to a form.

The number of rows in not know.

It loads in to a table fine.

The use is to select one of the items to work on.

This works if they delete 1 at a time.

It would be faster to delete what they did not select.

When I change the line to LicenseFeeDetailsId.rawValue !==fSelected all but the first is deleted no mater which is selected?

How can I delete everyone that in not selected?

//works!!
var fSelected = this.rawValue; // selected fee id
var vRows = FeeDetailsTable._Row1.count-1; //row count-1
xfa.resolveNode("ChangeRequestForm.Table1.Row1.Cell1").rawValue = fSelected; //works
for(var i=0;i>=vRows;i++){ // loop through table for(var i=vRows;i>=0;i--){
if(FeeDetailsTable.resolveNode("Row1[" + i + "]").LicenseFeeDetailsId.rawValue ==fSelected ){ //find selected row --seems to loop reverse !== does not work.
  FeeDetailsTable._Row1.removeInstance(i);//works!!
}
}
;
LicenseFeeRoot.FeeDetailsSub.numOfFees.rawValue = FeeDetailsTable.Row1.instanceManager.count; // good! up date fee count

[radzmar]

Hi,

there are 2 versions of the equal/not equal operators.

== and != are the lazy ones that don't compare the types of the values you're testing.

=== and !== are the strict ones, that also compare the type.

Here's a small example to demonstrate:

var a = 1, b = true;

if (a === b) {
  // Shown whenn == is used, because a is a number and b is interpreted as a number too
  // Here happens a implicit type conversion of the bolean value into a number
  xfa.host.messageBox("a is equal to b");
} else {
  // Shown when === is used, because a is a number and b is a boolean value
  // The values are not comparable
  xfa.host.messageBox("a not equal to b");
}

So your script may fail unexpected if when you use the strict versions without knowing the type of the values you compare.

Try this script.

var fSelected = this.rawValue,
     vRows = FeeDetailsTable._Row1.count-1;
     xfa.resolveNode("ChangeRequestForm.Table1.Row1.Cell1").rawValue = fSelected; //works

for (var i = vRows; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
  var vNode = FeeDetailsTable.resolveNode("Row1[" + i + "]");
    if (vNode.LicenseFeeDetailsId.rawValue != fSelected) {
    FeeDetailsTable._Row1.removeInstance(i);
    }
}

[gchammer]

Thanks, I go tit Solved