Zerivo 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2015 Hello i try make it like: <html><head> <script type="text/javascript"> function Code() { A=["T1","T2","T3",4,2,1]; var B1=A;var B2=A;var B3=A; if (A[0]=="T2") {B1[3]=5;} if (A[1]=="T2") {B2[3]=5;} if (A[2]=="T2") {B3[3]=5;} document.getElementById('W1').innerHTML="B1:"+B1[3] document.getElementById('W2').innerHTML="B2:"+B2[3]; document.getElementById('W3').innerHTML="B3:"+B3[3]; } </script></head><body> <input type="button" value="Code it!" onClick="Code()"><br><br><br> <div id="W1"></div> <div id="W2"></div> <div id="W3"></div> </body> when i press button then i got 5 on all B1, B2 and B3. but it should be only B2 have 5 while other got 4. Why it going wrong? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zerivo 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) if i charge it from. var B1=A;var B2=A;var B3=A; if (A[0]=="T2") {B1[3]=5;} if (A[1]=="T2") {B2[3]=5;} if (A[2]=="T2") {B3[3]=5;} document.getElementById('W1').innerHTML="B1:"+B1[3]; document.getElementById('W2').innerHTML="B2:"+B2[3]; document.getElementById('W3').innerHTML="B3:"+B3[3]; to (those text with bold are charge) var B1=A[3];var B2=A[3];var B3=A[3]; if (A[0]=="T2") {B1=5;} if (A[1]=="T2") {B2=5;} if (A[2]=="T2") {B3=5;} document.getElementById('W1').innerHTML="B1:"+B1; document.getElementById('W2').innerHTML="B2:"+B2; document.getElementById('W3').innerHTML="B3:"+B3; so it work fint, it got 5 on B2 while other got 4. but i want charge other number in array too like: if (A[0]=="T2") {B1[3]=5;} if (A[0]=="T2") {B1[4]=2;} if (A[0]=="T2") {B1[5]=5;} etc so it save me lots time but it don't work well Edited April 21, 2015 by Zerivo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dsonesuk 898 Report post Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) Use for loop to loop through array values, and if condition, and make change if match for(i=0; i< A.length; i++){if(a[i]==="T2"){a[i]=5;}} you can then put it in a function function ChangeArrayValue(valueToMatch, valueToChangeTo){for(i=0; i< A.length; i++){if(a[i]===valueToMatch){a[i]=valueToChangeTo;}}} and call it with ChangeArrayValue('T2', 5); Edited April 21, 2015 by dsonesuk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hadien 39 Report post Posted April 21, 2015 Javascript uses references for non-primitive datatypes. when you had B1=A and B2 =A they both "point" to the same memory location of A. Javascript wants to save memory any chance it can so it uses direct references to avoid eating up memory for identical memory values. In order to copy the entire array to a new variable you'll need to manually walk through all its elements and assign them on by one, as dsonesuk demonstrates. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
