Re: [tlug] Language localization in Javacript

[Richard Frankum <richard.frankum+mailinglist@example.com>]

The colon used here is the "ternary operator", a C-style shortcut to
mimic an if statement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_operation
For multiple languages, you'd use a "switch" statement to set the
language first.

--Richard


2011/9/28 Martin G <ebisumartin@example.com>:
> Darren, (and Lewske),
>
> Thank you for responding.
>
>> var x=(language=="en"?english:japanese);
>> ...
>> alert(x.l00001);
>
> This works perfectly. If I understand it, it's essentially an if/else
> condition, so if language equals "en", then we use the English set,
> and if not, then we get 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Any advice is much appreciated.
>
> --
> Dave M G
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--Richard Frankum