Re: [tlug] Language localization in Javacript

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

Hi Martin,


On 28/09/11 16:40, Martin G wrote:
> > var x=(language=="en"?english:japanese);
>
> However, I've never used this syntax before and I'm having a hard time
> extending it. I looked up Javascript and colons on Google, but all I
> saw was how it's used in JSON syntax, which doesn't seem to be how
> it's used here.


If you're talking about the ? and : combination, it is a 
pair of operators that appears in several languages (not 
just JavaScript).  I personally rarely use it since it is 
difficult to extend ... it can be difficult to find on 
search engines, of course.

Here is the description in Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%3F:


> How would I set up a conditional for three or more possible languages?
> I'm likely to have a dozen or more languages available for this
> application.


I don't know JavaScript so I can't help you with the 
specific language, but in general, you would probably have 
to expand a ?: to a series of if...elseif...else statements. 
 If the language supports it, then some kind of switch/case 
statements would be ideal.

Hope this helps!

Ray