[SOLVED] Confusing split() problem

[doa24uk]

Hi guys,

 

This works perfectly ....

 

var mySplit = "123456789";
var mySplitResult = url.split("5");

window.open('http://none.com/mypage.php?id=' + mySplitResult[0], 'window name')

 

So why doesn't this ?? (presume the selected text is "123456789" - same as the above example) -->

 

var focusedWindow = document.commandDispatcher.focusedWindow;
      if (focusedWindow == window) focusedWindow = getBrowser().contentWindow;

var url = focusedWindow.getSelection();

var mySplitResult = url.split("5");

window.open('http://mirrorchecker.com/linkchecker2.php?url=' + mySplitResult[0], 'window name')

[salathe]

In your second code block, the value of url will not be a string (it'll be an object for the selection).  A quick fix (I guess, not tested) would be: var url = focusedWindow.getSelection().toString();

[doa24uk]

I thought it would be something like that (not being in a useful form) but don't know JS that well.

 

Good news is that your code did the trick!

 

Many thanks